box pleated kilt

[DWFII]

How about "it was my communion ribbon...?"

This seems like such an odd suggestion, I am guessing there's more to it? Why a communion ribbon? I never heard of such a thing.

[MacMillan of Rathdown]

This seems like such an odd suggestion, I am guessing there's more to it? Why a communion ribbon? I never heard of such a thing.

In Ireland when the lad's go up for first communion they wear a similar rosette pinned to their jacket. Don't ask me why, because in all the years I lived there, and in all of the first communions I attended, I never thought to ask why it was done. For all I know it may be done here (USofA), but at home (Ireland) when I was out campaigning for FF, any number of people (Lucy, my housekeeper, included) would point at the rosette on my jacket and make wise cracks like "My but aren't you a big lad for taking your first communion, now."

And in the 1860s the knife-pleated kilt first made it appearance, worn by the Gordon Highlanders. (I thought I'd better add that last bit to get this back on the "Historical Highland Attire" topic!)