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    Quote Originally Posted by Jock Scot View Post
    As I have said and with the greatest of respect.District tartans to us Scots are mainly irrelevant. Don't forget we have our own clan tartans! We don't need to "grasp at straws"(sorry, I can't think of a better way of saying it) to find/demonstrate a Scots connection. As a theoretical historical fact there is no doubting their ancestry. As to day to day use, and as I have respectfully pointed out, district tartans are mostly unknown and mostly unworn,in Scotland. I have no argument with the gentlemen you mention as, of course, from a historical and theoretical point of view, they are correct.
    Jock,

    I think we agree more than we disagree, so we'll leave it at that.

    Respectfully,

    Todd
    Last edited by macwilkin; 14th August 09 at 07:50 AM.

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