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    Quote Originally Posted by geomick View Post
    it does say "Clan Balmoral"
    Which raises this question: does "Balmoral" occur as a surname?

    If so, somebody could cook up a "Clan Balmoral Society" and adopt a Balmoral tartan as their Clan tartan.
    Proud Mountaineer from the Highlands of West Virginia; son of the Revolution and Civil War; first Europeans on the Guyandotte

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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    I seriously doubt that the Pakistani weavers use, or are aware of, the distinctive thread used to weave Balmoral tartan https://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tartanDetails?ref=182
    the acrylic faux-sheep farmed in the Highlands of Pakistan by Clan Balmoral already have hairs in the appropriate multitude of colors


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    Quote Originally Posted by OC Richard View Post
    Which raises this question: does "Balmoral" occur as a surname?
    I have never encountered it and there appears to be no record of it in Scotland. This is hardly surprising as the proper name does not appear until the first half of the 19th century as far as I know.

    And there is of course, no such thing as a Clan Balmoral.

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    Quote Originally Posted by geomick View Post
    the acrylic faux-sheep farmed in the Highlands of Pakistan by Clan Balmoral already have hairs in the appropriate multitude of colors

    But this is only because they are fed a diet of white and black methyl methacrylate on alternate days. I saw it on the intranet.

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    Quote Originally Posted by kiltedsawyer View Post
    But this is only because they are fed a diet of white and black methyl methacrylate on alternate days. I saw it on the intranet.

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    Honest Abe never lied on the Internet.

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