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  2. National symbols of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.

  3. Dress Act 1746 - Wikipedia

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    Bagpipes at the Strawberry Festival. Abolition and Proscription of the Highland Dress (19 Geo. 2.c. 39, s. 17, 1746): [2] That from and after the first day of August, One thousand, seven hundred and forty-seven, no man or boy within that part of Britain called Scotland, other than such as shall be employed as Officers and Soldiers in His Majesty's Forces, shall, on any pretext whatever, wear ...

  4. Bill Millin - Wikipedia

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    Millin, whom Lovat had appointed his personal piper during commando training at Achnacarry, near Fort William in Scotland, was the only man during the landing who wore a kilt – it was the same Cameron tartan kilt his father had worn in Flanders during World War I – and he was armed only with his pipes and the sgian-dubh, or "black knife ...

  5. Kilt - Wikipedia

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    One of the earliest depictions of the kilt is this German print showing Highlanders around 1630. A kilt (Scottish Gaelic: fèileadh [ˈfeːləɣ]) [1] is a garment resembling a wrap-around knee-length skirt, made of twill-woven worsted wool with heavy pleats at the sides and back and traditionally a tartan pattern.

  6. Highland dress - Wikipedia

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    King Edward VII in a tweed Argyll jacket, kilt and Glengarry bonnet (1904) Highland dress is the traditional, regional dress of the Highlands and Isles of Scotland. It is often characterised by tartan (plaid in North America). Specific designs of shirt, jacket, bodice and headwear may also be worn. On rare occasions with clan badges and other ...

  7. History of the kilt - Wikipedia

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    Highland soldier in 1744, an early picture of great kilt, with the plaid being used to protect the musket lock from rain and wind.. The belted plaid (breacan an fhéilidh) or great plaid (feileadh mòr), also known as the great kilt, is likely to have evolved over the course of the 16th century from the earlier "brat" or woollen cloak (also known as a plaid) which was worn over a tunic (the ...

  8. Cornish kilts and tartans - Wikipedia

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    Several tartans for Cornish families have been created and registered in modern times, e.g. for family get-togethers and weddings. Most of the following have been registered with the Scottish Tartans Authority or with Scottish Tartans World Register (reference numbers shown below, where applicable), and thus are also included in the newer database of the Scottish Register of Tartans.

  9. Coat of arms of Scotland - Wikipedia

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    The compartment typically included thistles, the national flower of Scotland, and later versions of the arms also included the motto of the Order of the Thistle, Nemo me impune lacessit. Most of these elements were retained in the Scottish coat of arms after the Union of the Crowns , and in the Scottish versions of the coat sof arms of Great ...