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Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post

I have told this true story before and perhaps you may have missed it first time around....

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A great story, Jock. It's why I asked if the drawings/paintings were based in reality or not.

I find it somewhat astonishing that the kilt just totally died as an everyday, common man's working garment (if it truly did) after three or four centuries in such a role. What prompted such a change? The Proscription of 1746? That was rather short-lived and never heavily enforced, especially amongst the pro-Hanoverian clans. Lack of tartan wool? Hardly! By the early 1800s it was being woven in quantities never before seen.

What changed the kilt from being the poor man's garment to the rich man's indulgence?

This would be a good topic for a new thread...!
Brian, start that new thread by doing a cut-and-paste with what you said above. I'll certainly participate because your question is well asked. You may have to keep everyone on the topic though

Rex