Word: kilt
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Dubliner, Dr. Raymond G. Cross, offered suggestions which made some of his colleagues blink: 1) because overheating of the testicles reduces sperm production, tight-fitting underwear is bad-a kilt is just the thing; 2) a man whose sperm output is below par should eat onions, garlic, bananas, celery, parsley, honey, cheese and molasses, and drink stout; 3) before trying to bring about conception, such a husband should remain continent for ten days to six weeks...
...theater. The theaters are closed, and big sporting events are prohibited. Under Britain's strict "Quiet Sunday Laws," some of them centuries old, a poet may give a recitation so long as he makes no gestures and dons no costumes (only a Scotsman may perform in a kilt-others would be dressing up). The laws forbid game shooting (except rabbits), beekeeping demonstrations, milk deliveries between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., buying bread at the baker's after i :30 p.m. (although it is possible to borrow a loaf and pay later). A Briton may buy toothpaste...
...British do so frequently and so well. The action takes place in an ancient, crumbling Scottish edifice that is "held up only by the ivy." Among its occupants: the impoverished 19th Earl of Locharne (David Tomlinson), who has lost just about everything but his sense of humor; an eccentric, kilt-clad dame (Margaret Rutherford), who is bent on establishing the earl as the rightful sovereign of Scotland; a National Coal Board man (Brian Oulton), who is assigned to commandeer the castle as a hostel for miners. The plot is thickened by a wealthy American widow (Barbara Kelly...
...home in Paris, the Duke of Windsor dressed up in a velvet jacket and kilt and entertained his friends by singing Getting to Know You from The King and I. Among the enthusiastic guests: onetime Under Secretary of State Sumner Welles, and Count Valdemar of Rosenberg, the King of Denmark's cousin (who encored the Duke's song with an exotic solo dance...
...hunting, shooting and fishing, she deplored the necessity of making a formal debut in London clad in feminine frills. Later on, after getting her M.D., she became the popular local doctor in the Scottish village of Alford (pop. 1,300). Elizabeth exchanged her skirts for the more manly kilt...