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1st February 05, 10:23 AM
#8
Oakleigh...
Alan,
I'm betting that the Oakleigh tartan is a "trade" or "fashion" tartan, and not a Clan or District one. Not that there's anything wrong with that, because many tartans today are being designed by corporations, institutions -- I saw something in the past two weeks about a National Health Service tartan, which is a wee bit esoteric -- no political posts, please! :mrgreen: -- and other organizations.
It also could be a variant of the surname "Oakley" which is Irish and English in origin.
In other words, I made an effort to show that I'd learned something about the clan, it's history and it's traditions and it's role in the history of the USA.
Grand, Alan...you've done grand! (Just saw your reply, so I had to get this into my post!)
Are you a Librarian, btw? Saw the reference to a librarian in your last post.
Cheers, 
Todd
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