STOP THE PRESSES!

Here is a tartan with a "gypsy connection":

The Meg Merrilees tartan was first produced by William Wilson of Bannockburn in 1829 to celebrate the fictional gypsy character in Sir Walter Scott's novel "Guy Mannering" published in 1815.

-- http://www.merrileesclan.org.nz/tartan.html

or

-- http://www.electricscotland.com/tartans/story4.htm

So there you go.

Cheers,

Todd