To kilt or not to kilt: A St. Paddy's Day conundrum

[Ayin McFye]

The standard dress for men my age seemed to be jeans, an Irish Fisherman's sweater and a tweed cap...or one of several very clever Guinness hats none of which, I think, any self-respecting member of this forum would be caught dead in...particularly the one that looks (how jolly!) like you have a large felt pint of the Black Stuff balanced on yore haid.
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LOL! I have to fess up. Here's a picture of a few of my buddy's a few years ago. Don't worry I don't take any offense to your comment, because I know the hat is freaking silly. I just found it funny that you mentioned it. LOL.

[auld argonian]

LOL! I have to fess up. Here's a picture of a few of my buddy's a few years ago. Don't worry I don't take any offense to your comment, because I know the hat is freaking silly. I just found it funny that you mentioned it. LOL.

No...you realized it was for a laugh...this lot thinks that it's a sign of being well dressed!

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[beloitpiper]

LOL! I have to fess up. Here's a picture of a few of my buddy's a few years ago. Don't worry I don't take any offense to your comment, because I know the hat is freaking silly. I just found it funny that you mentioned it. LOL.

Ayin, I'm glad you've mended your ways, because this is exactly what I HATE about St. Patrick's Day.

[escherblacksmith]

I have only ever had 1 issue with wearing a kilt on Saint Patrick's Day (be it my black Utilikilt or other). And that was a slightly enebriated historian who had a bone to pick with my wearing of the Black Watch plaid to an Irish festivities. The Black Watch (43rd or 42nd) was used as part of the occupying British forces in Ireland in the 1700's. (Although, historically, at least for a brief time, they seemed to get along well with the locals where they were stationed.) They were also part of the normal British forces used in Northern Ireland during the "Troubles". This, seemingly, didn't go so well.

go Fig.

But, generally speaking, you will only get the usual drunken crap. I tend to avoid the pubs on Saint Patrick's Day, kilted or not.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

I have only ever had 1 issue with wearing a kilt on Saint Patrick's Day (be it my black Utilikilt or other). And that was a slightly enebriated historian who had a bone to pick with my wearing of the Black Watch plaid to an Irish festivities. The Black Watch (43rd or 42nd) was used as part of the occupying British forces in Ireland in the 1700's. (Although, historically, at least for a brief time, they seemed to get along well with the locals where they were stationed.) They were also part of the normal British forces used in Northern Ireland during the "Troubles". This, seemingly, didn't go so well.

go Fig.

But, generally speaking, you will only get the usual drunken crap. I tend to avoid the pubs on Saint Patrick's Day, kilted or not.

There is no arguing with a drunk with a political agenda.

I don't wear a kilt on Paddy's Day because kilts have nothing to do with Irish culture or heritage. They really are a Scottish thing.

[beowulf67]

There is no arguing with a drunk with a political agenda.

I don't wear a kilt on Paddy's Day because kilts have nothing to do with Irish culture or heritage. They really are a Scottish thing.

So if you see someone wearing jeans to you ask them to change, since they are not Irish either and should only be worn by cowboys?

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

So if you see someone wearing jeans to you ask them to change, since they are not Irish either and should only be worn by cowboys?

Actually denim jeans (like Levis, etc.) were developed for farm and industrial wear, and were originally a mud-brown colour. Real cowboys preferred hard wearing wool trousers when mounted as "jeans" were the mark of a sod-buster. Anyone who has ridden more than twenty miles a day, for days on end, will attest to the fact that jeans aren't the most comfortable britches in the world. So, to answer your question: Since any Irish man can be a cowboy, but not every cowboy can be an Irish man, the answer is "NO".

[beowulf67]

Actually denim jeans (like Levis, etc.) were developed for farm and industrial wear, and were originally a mud-brown colour. Real cowboys preferred hard wearing wool trousers when mounted as "jeans" were the mark of a sod-buster. Anyone who has ridden more than twenty miles a day, for days on end, will attest to the fact that jeans aren't the most comfortable britches in the world. So, to answer your question: Since any Irish man can be a cowboy, but not every cowboy can be an Irish man, the answer is "NO".

And since I come from a long line of sod-busters, Irish and Scots, I can wear jeans, wool pants or kilts on any day I choose.

[Ayin McFye]

There is no arguing with a drunk with a political agenda.

I don't wear a kilt on Paddy's Day because kilts have nothing to do with Irish culture or heritage. They really are a Scottish thing.

Rather than debate the historical relevance of this comment I would instead prefer to point something else out.

I will wear my kilt on the following holidays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ays_by_country

[Galician]

Rather than debate the historical relevance of this comment I would instead prefer to point something else out.

I will wear my kilt on the following holidays.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ays_by_country

Great site to know!

I even just added a new country to that list.