The wearing of Tartan

[xman]

Here's a link to the Glasgow tartan at the Lochcarron website.


http://lochcarron.com/tartanstrome/glasgow.html

It looks to be woven in colors which are close to the original Wilson's of Bannockburn colors.

Ouch! I hope it looks better in person.

I'd get a sample sent from them for that one if I were interested. They charged me $5 each for them.

Here's another jpg.

[davidlpope]

Ouch! I hope it looks better in person. I'd get a sample sent from them for that one if I were interested. They charged me $5 each for them.

You don't like it? I really dig the contrast between the olive green and the darker blue. I find that Lochcarron's ancient color scheme is too pastely (if that's a word) and their modern colors are too uniformly dark in most tartans.

I guess that's why there's different color schemes in the first place...

[biblemonkey]

Hugh,

I'm not sure that this reflects what Scots really think, but I'll let them chime in.

David

I was actually told this by a Scottish national who had emigrated to the states. Some may hold different opinions but it seems the majority (that I have met anyway) don't really care TOO much unless at an official function. You just better be ready to explain why you chose that particular tartan and know a little something about it.

[xman]

You don't like it? I really dig the contrast between the olive green and the darker blue. I find that Lochcarron's ancient color scheme is too pastely (if that's a word) and their modern colors are too uniformly dark in most tartans.

I guess that's why there's different color schemes in the first place...

I largely agree with you actually. I just find that some, well probably most of Lochcarron's web images are extremely garish impressions of their cloth.

Getting a sample in your hand to view in various lighting conditions is of course the only real way to tell what the tartan is really like.

[flytyer]

That was one of the Tartans I was looking at. I was aslo looking at the German and Scotish heritage Tartans. There are just so many Tartans that I realy like the look of.

[JockInSkye]

........... Whats yer favourite colour ?

[Lyle1]

If your family's name comes from the city of Glasgow, which is very possible, then you might never find a clan tartan. The clans were mostly in the highlands;, which had had a more feudal organization and governance. Many lowland family's were "affiliated" with or were considered septs of clans, but many were not. Consider the regional and universal tartans.

A quick search of the internet shows that some Glasgow families in the U.S. trace their roots back to Ulster, in northern Ireland, then to Scotland.

[davidlpope]

Getting a sample in your hand to view in various lighting conditions is of course the only real way to tell what the tartan is really like.

Agreed!

[figheadair]

Oh dear but the Lochcarron and HOE versions are very nasty. Without a doubt this sett is so much better in WOB shades. It's also a sett that lends itself to using Wilsons' original count. I think I may have a sample somewhere and will see if I can dig it out.

[ctbuchanan]

According to Black the name did originate with the burgh of Glasgow. It is an old name with one of the earliest known being John de Glasgu in 1258.
Mac Giolla-Domhnaigh in his book says the this name in Ulster is an Anglicized for of McCluskey.

The Surnames Database has this entry:
This long-established surname is of early medieval Scottish origin. It is a locational name from the old burgh, now city, of Glasgow on the River Clyde, first recorded as "Glasgu" in 1116. It is believed to be named from the Ancient British words "glas", meaning grey or perhaps green, and "cau", a hollow. Situated in west central Scotland, Glasgow is the administrative centre of the Strathclyde region, and is the largest city in Scotland. The city contains the cathedral of St. Mungo, dating from 1179, whilst its university dates from 1450. The Exchequer Rolls of Scotland record that in the year 1289 Andrew de Glasgow, an official of the burgh, was appointed to take notice of the "escheats" or forfeitures in the county, and to certify them to the Exchequer. Another early recording is that of John of Glasgow, given as being a monk of Holyrood in 1299; and in 1343, payment was made to John de Glasgu for the table for the king's servants. Robert Glasgow, noted in "Protocols of the town clerks of Glasgow" was a witness in the burgh in 1554. A coat of arms granted to the Glasgow family of Scotland has the blazon of a silver shield with an azure chevron between two black fishes naiant in chief, and an oak tree growing out of a green mount in base. In both Ireland and Scotland, the surname Glasgow is occasionally found as a developed form of the Gaelic "MacCluskey", originally "MacBhloscaidhe", and a patronymic of "Bloscadh" meaning "Loud One". The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John de Glasgu, the bishop of St. Andrews.This was dated 1258, in the "Charter Book of the Priory of St. Andrew's", during the reign of King Alexander 111 of Scotland, 1249 - 1286. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop," often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

Read more: http://www.surnamedb.com/Surname/Glasgow#ixzz14Gbq8N61