71:. Catriona Scott explains that in personal correspondence with Christina Morrison, a highland dancer, that 'he steps are meant to represent the advantages of the kilt, particularly in the whirling and birling steps. I remember we used to do a sort of pirouette step but I don't think it is done now'. Martin Martin described trews as common men's wear throughout the Hebrides in his 1703
75:. Tartan trews were part of the Highland wardrobe for chieftains and gentlemen whilst on horseback (the large Highland ponies) from the early 17th century onward. Some Seann Triubhas steps seem to have originated from hard shoe dancing, and the dance was taught to be performed in regular shoes with heels by dancing masters in the 19th century. In her
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