irish kilt

[Mr. Kilt]

speaking of that, does any one know where i could buy a brat or perhaps a pattern to making one? Thanks

I have a neighbour with a couple of brats I could probably get you pretty cheap. Maybe even in trade for a case of beer
Sorry...you made it SO easy!!

[M. A. C. Newsome]

If you look at Old Irish & Highland Dress by H. F. McClintock, the brat in Ireland may have well taken many forms over the courst of the centuries. All a brat is, really, is a wrap or a mantle. So, as fashions change and the centuries roll on, one would naturally expect it to take some different forms. Some were square, rectangular, semi-circular, some had a hood, some didn't.

The brat that would later develop into the feilidh-mhor or belted plaid (in Scotland, mind you, not in Ireland), was more or less a rectangular length of woolen cloth, somewhat smaller than the feilidh-mhor as we know it. I'd say something 50" to 60" wide and 2 yards long, more or less, would suffice.

Aye,
Matt

[KiltedBishop]

that is the joy of people who love something. the depth of knowledge about it is great, and it is so easy to learn it because so many others have information to share!