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Re: [OM] Scottish Rebels

Subject: Re: [OM] Scottish Rebels
From: ChrisB <ftog@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 17:05:04 +0100
Hmmm. not in those temperatures, I shouldn’t think, Bob.  If so, the clan 
chieftain would have had a hard time getting me out of my warm trews to go into 
battle, claymore or no ;-)

Perhaps it was further back in Pictish times, or something.

Chris

On 20 Sep 2014, at 14:11, Bob Whitmire <bwhitmire@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> As I recall, Scots used to swarm into battle buck naked. It wasn’t until 
> relatively recently that they started wrapping themselves in dresses. The 
> only reason no one called them names was those honking big swords they 
> carried. <g>

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