Quote Originally Posted by shillelaghbruises
Quote Originally Posted by Blu (Ontario)
I also have a solid black kilt and I'm not Cornish.
Do the Cornish wear solid black kilts? My dad's grandmother was Cornish.
Shillelaghbruises,

When the Cornish first started wearing kilts there were no Cornish Tartans and the only recognised Cornish Kilt was plain black. I used to work with a Cornish guy, and when I was invited round for dinner by this guy and his wife, he was wearing his plain black Cornish Kilt.

The first Cornish tartan was, I believe, the St. Piran Tartan, which was woven at the Coldharbour Mill in Devon. Since then a number of Cornish Tartans have appeared, and the Coldharbour Mill has gone on to produce two Devon Tartans and a Somerset Tartan. the Coldharbour Mill (at Uffculme, East Devon) is a working woolen mill and museum combined, where you can see the tartans being woven. It is well worth a visit if anyone is in Devon. My own tartan is one of the Devon Tartans.

Rob