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@oat44
Well done hms, I liked your interpreatation of the 'short skirt' clue!
What linked the tags was a Robert Burns connection, being Burns day yesterday and all that. Google 'Robert Burns short skirt' and you see why I was trying to make it more cryptic ;-)
The name Cutty Sark comes from one of Robert Burns' most famous poems, Tam O Shanter, a cautionary tale about a drunkenness and perving. In it, husband/drunk Tam is caught peeping at a young witch (Nannie) dancing in a skimpy underskirt (a cutty sark). She chases Tam as he rides away on his horse (Maggie) and in the pursuit she pulls off the horse's tail.
The last lines:
No, wha this tale o' truth shall read,
Ilk man and mother's son take heed;
Whene'er to drink you are inclin'd,
Or cutty-sarks run in your mind,
Think! ye may buy joys o'er dear -
Remember Tam o' Shanter's mare.
Nannie, the figurehead of the ship *just *visible in the picture, is usually seen holding a horse's tail, though it's currently in storage while the restoration work continues.
http://www.robertburns.org.uk/Assets/Poems_Songs/tamoshanter.htm