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Never got into it, but it looks like a lot of fun. Those are some of my favorite 'pieces', even the modern replicas.
I'm sure there were a ton of Scots back in the day, taking part in the 'real deal' but I doubt any were kilted. Anyone have any information about old time kilted cowboys?
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 Originally Posted by Yaish
Never got into it, but it looks like a lot of fun. Those are some of my favorite 'pieces', even the modern replicas.
I'm sure there were a ton of Scots back in the day, taking part in the 'real deal' but I doubt any were kilted. Anyone have any information about old time kilted cowboys?
It's an interesting question, to be sure. Szaz's Scots in the North American West discusses the many Scottish influences on the American and Canadian frontiers. The Canadian band Cowboy Celtic has even recorded the only known Cowboy song in Gaelic, "Farewell to Coigach", written by one Murdo George MacLean around the turn of the century.
No doubt there were kilts in the American West, given Szaz's documentation of Burns Clubs, Caledonian Societies, etc. How common they were is another story. But, if Brian Keith can wear one as a wealthy cattleman in The Rare Breed... 
T.
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