The Educational Tour Marm

Educational Student Tour blog and forum as well as the stories behind the tour sites. Need advice about your trip? Ask the Tour Marm! Join me on the road to new adventures that will enhance on-site teaching on curriculum-based school field trips. I'll be making the connections amongst the people, places, events, and ideas that have shaped America as well as tips to run a successful program. For schools, home schools and family travel. Post questions each Friday.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

Wordless Wednesday #11 041107

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: Resembles the Black Watch Tartan but is not the right plaid.
Now if it's the kilt we should be talking about and not the plaid, then perhaps its evolution from the belted brechan or "blanket kilt" to the "short skirt" kilt is what you're after. The latter is a relatively modern invention from the late 1720s, devised, so the story goes, by an English military tailor named Parkinson. Of course, there are many stories of the modern kilt's origins, and they do not all agree...; April 17, 2007 at 12:51 PM
The Tour Marm said...: Hi!

She's back!

It's the tartan.

And I'm sure that the Scots wouldn't be so happy to know that the modern version is by an English military tailor!; April 20, 2007 at 9:22 PM

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