To the Readers:
A short Historical Note is due here, for the sake of discussion. During the War of the American Revolution, the Scots soldiers in the Army of Genl. Burgoyne, made their kilts into 'ploid trews '(plaid trousers). It seems the Canadian, New York Winters were a bit cold.
Conversely, the Garrison Scots troops in Maine, kept the Great Kilt for winter, and the wee kilt for summer, generally.
And, why cut off the legs of the Long Johns? Just wear the whole thing(which I have am doing just now, Fall is cold in the Maine Woods.
The Thoughts of
C.Anthony