Re: Celtic, semitic, etc.
| From: | <bjm10@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, May 1, 2000, 19:28 |
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On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, Nik Taylor wrote:
> > Kilts, I thought, were a fairly recent (i.e. two or three centuries ago)
> > Scots invention replacing the older, more awkward philibeg.
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> Oh? And what precisely is a philibeg?
The little kilt--specifically what is called a "kilt" in Scotland. The
larger garment (belted plaid) is called either the breacan fieli [sic]
(belted wrap) or the philimor (a back-formation from philibeg). How the
philibeg got transformed into the philimor is beyond me.