Crossing one's legs

[My Good Babushka]

Anciently, it was considered unlucky to sit cross-legged. The opposite became true in the Middle Ages, to sit cross-legged brought good luck. But if a witch sits cross-legged, it could impede the delivery of a woman in labor.

[OriginalGeek]

1. ESPECIALLY

if the woman in labor is the witch.




On a side note, I am having to relearn how to cross my legs as I have taken up wearing a kilt. I got it in December and have only worn it twice so far but now I have considerations I never needed to worry about before.

[My Good Babushka]

2. Pictures

are required.

[OriginalGeek]

3. At the HIghland Games in January

apparently, "Quidditch" is now a highland game lol



Edit to add - that's one reason I was interested in your post about Ash trees the other day - I would like to make a cromach and it can't hurt to have a little extra protection whenever ya can.

[Still Blue in PDX]

4. Nice! Not many things better than a man in a kilt. Or pirate garb. nt

[OriginalGeek]

5. Well there's probably a lot of them better than me at it

but I appreciate the sentiment.

[My Good Babushka]

7. Cool!

Is your tartan representative of a clan? Isn't that how it works?

[OriginalGeek]

8. Yes,

my family is a sept of the Buchanan clan and that is the Buchanan modern tartan (there are many variations of it - some with completely different colors). But not everyone who wears a tartan wears their clan or even has a clan - not even every Scottish person has a clan with a tartan. But there are a number of universal tartans and various district and regional tartans. Also many tartans for organizations (I believe all branches of the US military have tartans. Many universities have pipe bands and tartans to go with them). Tartans like the Royal Stewart and Blackwatch are considered universal. Isle of Skye is a beautiful regional tartan that anyone may wear.

Lol, I say "anyone may wear" as if that implies there are some that anyone may not wear but there are no kilt kops who roam the earth arresting people who have on a tartan for which they have no claim. There are many very traditional kilt wearers who will never wear a tartan that they don't "belong to" however they would have to either be very drunk or very grumpy to challenge another on their "right" to wear something. By far we are just happy that folks are interested in keeping the kilt culture alive and kicking. My son wears a khaki Utili-kilt.

And anyone can create a tartan and register it with the tartan registry - there are a number of online tools to help pick colors and thread counts and see what it will look like and then you get a weaver to make you up a yard or two and send a swatch along with your application to the registry and if it is sufficiently unique they will approve it. I have a friend who created a tartan using the fall colors of the area in the north-east where he likes to hike while kilted. Needless to say, a one-off run of enough yardage to make a kilt was pretty expensive but it's his passion the thing looks fantastic.

[My Good Babushka]

9. Thank you!

That is very interesting. I want to make and register a bunch of tartans, now.

[OriginalGeek]

11. no, thank YOU!

I'm just happy I could return the favor for all the really interesting posts you make!

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

6. ESPECIALLY

if you're wearin' it regimental.

Considerations, indeed!

[OriginalGeek]

10. wait

there's other ways?