Tartan-wearing conventions among Scots

[gilmore]

I thought that tartan was dated 1747? You could be right though.

"The tartan is based on a sett which was first found in 1935, when an old Morrison family bible was uncovered in a Black House which was to be demolished on Lewis. The piece of tartan was wrapped around the bible, and inside a note referencing the sett was dated 1745."

Since the existence of the sett preceded the writing of the note, the tartan itself is of course likely older than that. But let's be modest.

The battle of Culloden occured in 1746

[Nick the DSM]

"The tartan is based on a sett which was first found in 1935, when an old Morrison family bible was uncovered in a Black House which was to be demolished on Lewis. The piece of tartan was wrapped around the bible, and inside a note referencing the sett was dated 1745."

Since the existence of the sett preceded the writing of the note, the tartan itself is of course likely older than that. But let's be modest.

The battle of Culloden occured in 1746

Thanks, I got my dates messed up then.