| On this occasion, he wore a short coat, philabeg and purse, and tartan hose. |
| Where were we before launching forth into such a chequered digression on the lad wi the philabeg? |
| The huts were after the Highland fashion, and the boys who were playing wore the Highland dress and philabeg. |
| So called because he wore the kilt, in its original form, not the philabeg. |
| Dancing was engaged in around the bonfire to the skirl of the philabeg. |
| Modern Scots kilts developed from the philabeg, which covered both the upper and lower body. |
