Wanted: Ancient Morrison Green

[Steve Ashton]

And the Morrison Society Tartan, commonly called Morrison Green has this description -

" In 1597 up to 60 Morrison families fled the Outer Hebrides and resettled on the mainland in north west Sutherland - MacKay country. The first record of this ‘green Morrison’ appears in the 1880 Clans Originaux sample book and its similarity to the Mackay tartan can be explained by the Morrisons’ new location. It was also included as Morrison in the 1906 W & A K Johnston "Tartans of the Clans & Septs of Scotland". Reports that it was designed in 1909 by a J G MacKay are therefore in error. After the present red Morrison (STA 998) was rediscovered/adopted as the clan tartan, this original was renamed Morrison Society with alternative names of Hunting Morrison or Green Morrison."

[Micrographia]

The origins of the Morrison tartans is one of those frustrating and amusing stories so common in Scottish clan histories. As an interesting recent article on the history of the Morrisons notes;

"The Morrisons have two tartans, one red and one green....There are contradictory and differing accounts about the tartan origins but none have any factual evidence to support them."

https://electricscotland.com/webclan...sonHistory.pdf

Luckily, both the red and green tartans look great . My family has always used the modern green but I have to admit that the red in the muted colour way is very attractive.

Regards, EEM.