This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/VRC.2ACIB/246.1 Message Board Post: I have in my records somewhere that they were bare of leg or bare of foot as in wearing kilts or kilt like clothing. My ancestors (Barefoot) were from Ireland. If you look up Magnus Barefoot on the internet you will find a lively story of his conquests / invasions. He picked up the habit of wearing the kilt type clothing.