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  1. 8th August 13, 09:48 PM #22
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    Quote Originally Posted by PiperChick View Post
    A historical question: What reasons might there be for a clan NOT having their own tartan? They annoyed the tartan-maker? Didn't get the memo? They decided it was just a fad?
    The answer is simple. Historically i.e. pre-1800ish there were no such thing as a clan tartan.

    Quote Originally Posted by Guinness>water View Post
    I believe it is the proper Highland tradition for a woman who marries into another clan, to then wear her husbands tartan and clan badge.
    That's very much a late C19th/C20th 'traditon'.

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