Sigh --- so there seems to be no real connection to kilts and Celts and Slovaks. Well -- there's a least one Slovak who is proudly wearing his kilt

Would have loved to have worn it at Mass yesterday. I am cantor at a Roman Catholic church that is for people of Croatian heritage, so I sing in Croatian. It was super hot up at the altar and after spending the previous 10 hours in my kilt, I hated putting on me troosers!

Anyway, back to the Slovak connection. Looks like I shall have to create my own

I have a particular fascination with Orkney and have been there 4 times. I have considered writing about it, calling it 'One Slovak's Insatiable Love of Orkney' -- or something silly like that. I still have to wonder why I am drawn there, not having any ancestral ties at all. Perhaps, many many years ago, an intrepid, but bumbling Slovak explorer (one of my ancestors), attempting to find a link from Brno to Bratislava got lost and ended up in Kirkwall. Since his transport sank in the Peedie Sea at tea time, he stayed on and married a local girl by the name of Sheila. He adopted many Orcadian customs including kilt wearing. Together they brought up a family of many strong daughters (hence the absence of our last name in Orkney history), and one equally bumbling son, who set out in search of a lost sheep one day and ended up back in Slovakia, bringing the love of kilts back with him. The gene lay dormant until now!

Tony