08-25-2003, 01:42 PM
Check out this link on the evoloution of the kilt:<br>
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www.reconstructinghistory...kilts.html<br>
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Some of the terms such as 'plaid' and 'tartan' originally meant something different from what they do today. It looks as though the 'brat' might be something like a toga, but it doesn't actually say it was derived from the toga.<br>
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Wendy<br>
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P.S. Rich, now I have two reasons to want to visit your area, the Roman stuff and the Scottish stuff! <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rekirts>rekirts</A> at: 8/25/03 3:43 pm<br></i>
<br>
www.reconstructinghistory...kilts.html<br>
<br>
Some of the terms such as 'plaid' and 'tartan' originally meant something different from what they do today. It looks as though the 'brat' might be something like a toga, but it doesn't actually say it was derived from the toga.<br>
<br>
Wendy<br>
<br>
P.S. Rich, now I have two reasons to want to visit your area, the Roman stuff and the Scottish stuff! <p>"I am an admirer of the ancients,but not like some people so as to despise the talent of our own times." Pliny the Younger</p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showUserPublicProfile?gid=rekirts>rekirts</A> at: 8/25/03 3:43 pm<br></i>
