in Scotland, the most important time for a young lad is when he
“comes of age” and is allowed to purchase and wear his first kilt.
A couple of weeks before, his important birthday, a young lad went
to a tailor shop and found the material he wanted for his first
kilt. He took the material to the tailor and said, “I’d like ye to
make me a kilt with this material here and, if ye don’t mind, I’d
like ye to make me a pair of matching underwear for it. I hear it
gets a might drafty up dem tings!” So the tailor took the material
and promised to call the young lad when the order was completed. A
few days later, the tailor called the lad back to the shop. “Here’s
ye kilt, and here’s ye matching underwear, and here’s five yards of
the material left over. Ye might want to take it home and keep it
in case you want anything else made of it.” So the lad rushed home
with his order, threw the material in his room, and donned his
kilt. In his excitement, he decided to run to his girlfriend’s
house to show off his new purchase. Unfortunately, in his
excitement, he forgot to don his underwear. When his girlfriend
answered the door, he pointed to his kilt and said, “well, what’d
ye think?” “Ah, but dat’s a fine looking kilt,” she exclaimed.
“Aye, and if ye like it, ye’ll really like what’s underneath,” he
stated as he lifted his kilt to show here. ;Oh, but dat’s a dandy,”
his girlfriend shouted admiringly. Still not realizing that he
didn’t have his underwear on he exclaimed quite proudly, “aye, and
if ye like it, I’ve got five more yards of it at home!”
