At 6:04 AM -0400 5/15/07, dhbailey wrote:
Williams, Jim wrote:
Nine yards of material in a kilt. Perhaps true Scotsmen can give
even further detail.
I am a Welshman by ancestry. We wear pants.
I've seen lots of kilts and there's no way that there are 27-feet of
material in any of them. More likely 2 yards maximum to begin with,
out of which is cut the material for the kilt.
You're ignoring the pleats, which at least triple the yardage. Two
yards? No way! But unfortunately mine is packed away so I can't
check and measure it.
Could there have been 9 yards in a plaid, rather than a kilt?
Personally I like the bullet-feed idea best, and if true it makes
very good sense, but that doesn't make it correct.
John
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