Sporrans, bagpipes and kilts

I think that I am marginally over the age of wearing a kilt. That was our Sunday uniform at school.

Without beingtoo rude, I doubt if they were made properly.

Bagpipes? Real working bagpipes?

Just hope no DGC get ideas Anya !

I saw an advert in the press for these. I thought it a strange thing for them to stock. I suspect Charleygirl is right and they are cheap copies.

I know you can pay hundreds for a properly made kilt.

made with a real badger mask???

Well we were just wandering around this morning and there they were - bagpipes! There are kilts (for men I think) for £20, and sporrans. The bagpipes (the box states 'playable') are £12.99 so I am assuming they are for children. I wish I'd taken a closer look now! Aimed at Burns night I presume although I can't see many folks around these parts buying them.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2678875/Great-news-canny-Scots-Lidl-launches-20-kilt-neighbours-think-12-99-bagpipes.html

The whole kit certainly sounds cheap and...cheerful!

When is Burns night. They'll cash in on anything these days.

It's for the Games, apparently.

Oh yes. The Games. I used to have a "Scotch skirt" like that.

Oh is it? It just made me smile. As jingl says, cashing in.

Burns Night 25th January. Must get out and catch my haggis this weekend.

Promised the GS I'd take him on a Haggis Hunt.

At least it's not as bad as Halloween! Waitrose had Halloween tinsel, Halloween crackers etc etc

Anya wrap up warmly, you will be outdoors for a long time!!!

A properly made 8/9 yard wool kilt will cost up to £500 and by the time you factor in jackets/waistcoats/shirts/belts/sporrans/hose/flashes/ties/sgian dubh etc you are well over £1000 for an outfit. These ones in Lidl are for the mass market as we head towards Burns Night. We bought our DS his kilt outfit for his 18th - he'll have it for life.

You do know that a haggis has two short legs on one side to help it balance as it runs round the hill?

I hate Scottish bagpipes, even when they are played properly, but the thought of a massed band of under-eights playing a selection of different tunes and no tunes at all on £12.99 bagpipes…

Men look wonderful in the full outfit [sigh]
DS's best friend wears his to weddings etc (he is a true Scot through and through) and has already ordered one for 3 year old son.
Thankful DH isn't Scottish he has very thin legs, somehow doesn't look right if worn by men with skinny legs?

No, you need rugby player legs with a kilt! My DH doesn't wear a kilt as he walks like a gunslinger so it doesn't hang properly. He has a very smart pair of properly cut high waisted tartan trews instead.

Grounds for emigrating absent! I mean 8 year olds, not bagpipes per se

My DH looks 'wicked' in his kilt. Phwoar

I went to Tesco on 31st December in a nearby town and there was an entire pipe band massed in the entrance. They proceeded to march down past the fruit and veg and then navigated the entire store! You can imagine how that sounded in Tesco's barn-like structure......and I like a pipe band!!