Scot or not? Who really cares?

[Pour1Malt]

"Lewis" is an isle aff the west coast o' Scotland...

luek it oop! Bonny place.


walcome ta the rabble!

[cessna152towser]

Welcome aboard, Flying Scotsman. Whether or not you are a pure scot you will be welcome to wear a kilt. I have a model of the Flying Scotsman locomotive and been trying to get a ride behind the real one which is kept at the National Railway Museum at York. There is a photo of it in the York page on my website. The Flying Scotsman is also the name of one of the wilder and amusing eightsome reels sometimes performed at Scottish country dances. I think its possible a modern 20th century reel, named after the train, because after the lead couple have done their routine they "couple up" to the other three couples and lead them off like a train, in a very fast sidestep all the way to the nearest physical obstacle - so usually everyone ends up at the far wall of the village hall at the same time!

[Cawdorian]

Welcome to our group, my wife is one of the McDonalds.

[Orionsfall]

Welcome, from a fellow newbie here!

Chris

[MacWage]

I'd say, LEWIS is very much a Scot surname (from the isle mentioned above, a MacLoed stronghold). Get a kilt, in Loud MacLoed, and WEAR IT WITH PRIDE-> the addiction has begun, never to end (maybe slowed by bank acccount and famili expenses ).

Loud MacLoed is also called MacLoed dress and MacLeod of Lewis!!
(That id the bright yellow and black tartan. Personally, I like it, but others don't (too loud for them). Well, I also like yellow. :mrgreen:

My wife, grandmother was a Lewis from Conway, South Carolina. If you've got family in that area, you, my wife,and my kids are probably related! I could wear loud MacLoed, to honor my wife's grandmother (who is still living). It is on my long term list, but not immediate.

For that matter,I could also wear the German National to honor my own grandmother (and my wife's Lutheran family roots-> on her paternal side).

Again, welcome and enjoy!