Re: kilts - Universitie

["Rowanwald Central" <rownwald@gte.net>]

Poster: "Rowanwald Central" <rownwald@gte.net>

Lord Eogan,
   I was merely attempting a gentle tease at Baron Donal. I've made more
than one type of kilt (and I'll NEVER pleat "to the sett" again!!) and I
know that the yardage doth, as they say, vary.

Rosine, non-professional Scot  :)

  <<snip>>
> Just as a side note to the gentle who thought filidh-beag translated into
"not
> enough material for a real kilt":  the average feilidh-mhor--4 yards of
double
> width material.  The average filidh-beag--8 yards of singlw width
material.
> Of course this is for modern kilts.  The true feilidh-beags as worn in
the
> 17th and 18th centuries only had 4 or 5 yards of single width
material--and
> yes, they were often worn when there was "not enough material" for a
feilidh-
> mhor.
> 
> Aye,
> Eogan Og, Professional Scot ;-)

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