Steady on, Linda!!! Check out this site and you'll see more than a yard or two of itchy wool!! http://www.eastdonegalulsterscots.com/culture.html Now, it may be a mite bogus but rest assured, the wearin of the kilt is much adhered to by modern Ulster Scots here in Ulster, both young and old. I attended a meeting at the Monreagh Heritage Centre only recently and a representative sample of youngsters attended to meet the Culture Secretary of Northern Ireland (yes, in Donegal!), all proudly wearing their kilts. Boyd Gray http://familytrees.genopro.com/boydgray26/Boyd/default.htm http://www.westulstergenealogy.com/ The fake highland stuff wouldn't do anyway -- only highlanders wore them, before they were made unlawful. Our lowland Scots ancestors would as soon appear in public in a kilt as Andrew Jackson would have been caught walking around in Washington DC in a loincloth with tomahawk! Lowland Scots were as fond of highlanders as Andy was of Indians, too. However now it is big money to sell you some itchy wool so who cares about the truth. SNIP