I heard the story, maybe too good not to be true, about the shopkeeper in Scotland who, when an American tourist asked after a necktie in a "clan tartan" that didn't exist, grabbed a badly faded tie that had been sitting in the display window for years and handed it to the tourist saying "oh we just happen to have a tie in that tartan here in the window!"
I have not heard that story before! I can imagine it being done, though!
" Rules are for the guidance of wise men and the adherence of idle minds and minor tyrants". Field Marshal Lord Slim.
There is no evidence to support the note on the SRT about the inclusion of the white line.
(and)
Given the commercial use of this tartan for some 200 years it would be regrettable if the Clan Society/the Chief sought to restrict it now.
I've continued my quest for evidence of the (white line) variant in actual use in contemporary times, and now I have some. Here's a photo from a recent clan gathering in Pitlochry. Check out the chieftain's kilt:
(the white line is a bit more obvious at full size on the web:
Originally Posted by OC Richard
I have not heard that story before! I can imagine it being done, though!
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