Quote Originally Posted by MacMillan of Rathdown View Post
I think in may have something to do with the highlanders, who after all introduced the kilt to the rest of Scotland, transliterating from spoken gaelic to spoken English-- hence, THE kilt.

So it would seem as if there are only THREE items referred to in Scotland with the prefix "the":

The Devil, The MacNab, and ..... (drum roll)...........THE KILT!!!!!!!
I stand to be corrected here, but should not The Chisholm, Chief of Clan Chisholm, be added to the list?