Quote Originally Posted by Phil View Post
Most Scots I know don't actually own a kilt - they hire one for weddings, balls etc. and the tartan will be whatever is available. I own 2 kilts, the first one is a family tartan but the other is my father-in-law's which I didn't want to see going to a charity shop after he died so had it altered and wear it regularly. If anyone thinks I am posing then that is their opinion.
I was told that there are three ways to become a clan member. 1, Born into it. 2, Marry into it, 3, be assimilated into it. (And the more single malt one drinks, the faster the assimilation) I, for examples have chosen my Mother's clan, as on my Father's side the Scots connexion is some distance back, but there is Leslie (my middle name) Ross, Boyd, and others both Irish as well as Scots, but here we are talking two to five generations back