Tour Scotland photograph of a Feileadh Mor demonstration at Scone Palace, Perthshire, Scotland. The Highland belted plaid or Feileadh Mor was a length of soft tartan cloth, about five feet wide. It was made of two single widths of about thirty inches sewn together and usually twelve to eighteen feet in length. To wear the plaid: The clansman would lay his belt on the ground. On top of this the plaid was folded into pleats until the length had been reduced to four or five feet leaving each end unpleated. He would then lie down on top of the plaid so that the lower edge was level with his knees. He then folded the two unpleated ends across his body and fastened it around him with the belt.
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