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. -- References 1. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html