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Petite histoire du kilt

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1. The kilt, or philabeg to use its older Gaelic name, that has now become the (

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2. for all 'Highlanders', has its origin in an older (

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3. and has long been the most recognisable (

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4. and has, in fact, been (

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)   [de...] in the nineteenth century, not by Scottish, Highlanders but by the Nobles of England and Scotland

5. There is much evidence that many of the more (

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6. creations of Scottish and English (

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7. Despite this, it has generally been accepted that the basic concepts of the tartan and the (

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8. do indeed have their origin in the history of early Scottish and Irish clans, or (

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9. After 1688, and the fall of the Stuart clan, the English government felt the need to take a more active (

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10. In 1707, the Act of Union took place, and succeeded in temporarily uniting the (

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11. and clans that were universally opposed to the Act. The tartan came into it's own as a (

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12. During the eighteen hundreds, the wearing of the belted plaid began to be (

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13. The belted plaid, being a one-piece six-foot tall cloth, belted about the waist with the remainder being worn up about the (

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14. was proving to be somewhat inconvenient to wear. A 'new', little kilt (

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15. The plaid now became more of a (

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