Why, or how, did the kilt come about?

[Kid Cossack]

BEEDEE:

Aye, before even daring to post this, I'd gone over Matt's articles, and not just once! However, I never found anything speaking to the whys and hows of the adoption of the great kilt.

Sigh. Maybe I'm simply not meant to know.

EDIT: And MacMillan of Rathdown lends credence to my theory! Maybe I am meant to know (or at least to make reasonable surmise, which is not the same thing, of course). Thank you, sir, for the information.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

BEEDEE:

Aye, before even daring to post this, I'd gone over Matt's articles, and not just once! However, I never found anything speaking to the whys and hows of the adoption of the great kilt.

Sigh. Maybe I'm simply not meant to know.

EDIT: And MacMillan of Rathdown lends credence to my theory! Maybe I am meant to know (or at least to make reasonable surmise, which is not the same thing, of course). Thank you, sir, for the information.

Please remember that what I have posted is merely what I have surmised from a number of historical facts. The equivalent of an "Op-Ed" piece in your local newspaper. I believe it to be the most reasonable, or perhaps plausible, explanation for the emergence of the kilt, but I would stop short of suggesting that it is any sort of gospel truth.

In reality, as you, yourself, have stated, all we can do is make a reasonable surmise; that, and stand ready to alter our opinions in the event more research uncovers facts today not in evidence.