Quote Originally Posted by The Wizard of BC View Post


On a few occasions I have been asked if I am Scottish or from Scotland. My reply is always the same - "Scottish? No. Canadian eh." I am always met with a smile and a knowing nod. Everyone up here seems to take it as understood that a Canadian wearing a kilt, even a Tartan kilt, is not trying to pretend to be Scottish. They are being 100% Canadian. Just as someone wearing a button blanket or a Capote coat made from a Hudson's Bay Point Blanket is being 100% Canadian.
Interesting aside, Blanket coats/Capote's are perceived as being something "Canadian", yet in the not so distant past (To Me) they were just as prevalent in Pittsburgh or Louisiana on the backs of French, English, African and Native American peoples. Another tidbit lost to the sands of time, they were not always made from Blankets, various broadcloths, kerseys and strouds were used, as well as blankets.