Article image
Article image
Article image
Article image

ORIGIN OF THE KILT

Aspiring Sasser achs who . have proudly—yet not, perhaps, without some degree of trepidation—sported a tartan kilt will be relieved to hear that 'this highly typical Scottish garment has an English origin i So declares the ‘ Sphere,- which supports its story with reproductions of famous paintings. It all happened iOO years ago, when an English tailor named Parkinson, while in camp with General Wade, was (‘lommissionecf to make the first kilt. It was called the “feilidh bag,” to distinguish it from the .belted plaid, made in one pieqe.

This article text was automatically generated and may include errors. View the full page to see article in its original form.
Permanent link to this item

https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ESD19300102.2.77

Bibliographic details

Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 10

Word Count
91

ORIGIN OF THE KILT Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 10

ORIGIN OF THE KILT Evening Star, Issue 20372, 2 January 1930, Page 10