Quote Originally Posted by Woodsheal View Post
Right, Alan! The seperation that existed between Highlanders and other Scots at the time should not be forgotten. Highlanders were remote mountain-dwellers wearing odd clothes and speaking a foreign "Irish" language! Lowland Scots inhabited an entirely different culture and as Alan says, Scottish courtiers, knights, townsmen, etc. would not have been seen in belted plaids or other elements of Highland dress....
How very unromantic ...