On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 3:27 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

     Earliest example of anyone going over the top re plaid I can think
     of was Sir Walter Scott who wore trousers of the stuff woven in the
     Border mills probably at Linlithgow.


   Nice one Colin - like those old Kentucky Hills of Tennessee?
   Couldn't resist - no offence meant - Linlithgow is not in the Borders
   The b/w houndstooth check is sometimes referred to as 'Galashiels grey'
   and figures in trad celebrations in Gala and Moffat, to name but two.

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