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1747 CE - Dress Act
excerpt from an article by Searles O'Dubhain and Iain MacAnTsaoir
The Dress Act restricted the wearing of traditional Highland clothes and all forms of plaid - filimor, belted plaid, trews, shoulder belt, or filibeg - were not to be worn in public. There was harsh punishment for disregarding these laws. Punishment for a first offense was six-months imprisonment; a second offense earned the wearer a seven year stint of indentured servitude in one of the colonies. Only those who served in the army were permitted to wear the plaid, and as a result, it is told that many Highlanders enlisted simply to be allowed to wear their more comfortable traditional dress. The traditional great kilt was commonly in use up to the banning of traditional Highland wear. It was the filibeg that was sustained through military service (Black Watch). In fact, most recognizable features and traditions associated with the wearing of the kilt were developed in the nineteenth century, not by Scottish Highlanders, but by the Nobles of England and Scotland.
For more information on National Dress of Gaelic peoples, see Cultural/National Dress, by Searles O'Dubhain and Iain MacAnTsaoir.
For more information on bagpipes and other gaelic instruments, see Musical Instruments Found In Gaelic Celtic Culture, prepared by Caoimhin O'Brolcain and Iain MacAnTsaoir.
Sources:
Encyclopedia Brittanica Vol. 15
Scottish Gaelic Studies, Vol V, part II, Chadwick, Nora K.,
Old Irish and Highland Dress, Henry Foster McClintock, 1947
prepared by Iain MacAnTsaoir
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