Originally Posted by
Troglodyte
Exactly..!
Which is why the idea is so bizarre.
Perhaps we should put it about that red in tartan is to represent the blood spilt by Jacobites in the '45, and black stripes are the same as black armbands, so a public display of loss and mourning.
We could go on for ever, giving new meaning to every colour and shade - green for the glens emptied during the Clearances; yellow for the setting sun the emigrant ships sailed towards; blue for the clear Highland skies...
Hey, I'm on a roll now, so look out for my next best-seller - The True Meaning of Tartan Colours - What You've Never Been Told available in all languages and at every tartan-tat shop on the Royal Mile.
Remember, you saw it here first...
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Perish the thought!
I think there is enough, well actually more than enough, bunkum written and talked about on the subject already!
Quick somebody, give me a large reviver, before the heart attack arrives.
Last edited by Jock Scot; 8th June 24 at 09:57 AM.
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