James Boswell describes, in 1773, The Journal
of a Tour to the Hebrides, the boys of Sky, "with bare legs and feet, a dirty kilt,ragged coat and waistcoat, a bare head, and a stick in his hand, which, I suppose, is partly
to help the lazy rogue to walk," as seen in my thread on the book:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...on-kilt-60324/

I also could not find any descriptions of sporrans in the writings I cite in that thread, and kilts are not described as being tartan, though waistcoats and hose are described as tartan in the same descriptions.

That being said, I have accepted that Scotland is none of my business; this is just what I found in my meager past reading and personal research.