Tartan Manners?

**madmacs** · 20th January 12, 07:30 PM

Originally Posted by ctbuchanan

OR - simply blaspheme about the Campbells and no one will doubt you at all. :-)

**piperdbh** · 20th January 12, 08:30 PM

Thompson is a Scots name, and there are a few tartans associated with it. How about getting one of them for your second kilt?

**warrior** · 20th January 12, 09:04 PM

I would second the notion of knowing the tartan and a little of the history it represents. Not that it really matters but a lot of kilt wearers really get into the history of the tartan and clans and may want to chat you up. It will also help you understand the jibes made in jest (I think?) about other clans. Caution some of the history wasn't pleasant, my own MacLeods and your chosen MacDonalds weren't the best of neighbors (it could still be said of me by some ;) ) and some may say that there are still proscriptions about tartans due to this. Personally at this late date I would say that those folks need to get a life. But as in most things the more you know the more you enjoy.

**MacLowlife** · 20th January 12, 10:35 PM

We'll just call you New McDonald.

Welcome.

**adamjthompson** · 21st January 12, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by warrior

my own MacLeods and your chosen MacDonalds weren't the best of neighbors

I have a friend that is a Mckay - I believe they were neighbours of yours, too?

**adamjthompson** · 21st January 12, 07:35 PM

Originally Posted by piperdbh

Thompson is a Scots name, and there are a few tartans associated with it. How about getting one of them for your second kilt?

I am considering that.

Though Stillwater didn't offer Thompson tartans. I may also see if any of the geneologists in my family know about any Scottish ancestry.

**adamjthompson** · 21st January 12, 07:39 PM

Originally Posted by kiltedjoss

Enjoy the kilt! What tartan will your second kilt be?

Not sure yet. I will probably try to find one relevant to my family history.

**adamjthompson** · 21st January 12, 07:42 PM

Originally Posted by gpmeakin

please do not call the kilt a costume

My apologies.

Although, the kilt is not my costume, per se. I am just creating a costume that includes a kilt, so I would have an excuse to buy a kilt for normal wear. :-D Or is it heresy to use the words "kilt" and "costume" in the same sentence?

**opositive** · 24th January 12, 08:01 PM

wear it because you like it, and wear it like you mean it.

**mookien** · 25th January 12, 03:09 PM

To my knowledge I have no blood relations to the MacDonald Clan. "Blaylock" is a family of Clan Douglas (at least that is what is generally believed).

So, when I wear my Clan MacDonald kilt, I am prepared to tell anyone who asks that I am commemorating the alliance between Angus Og and Robert the Bruce. But, nobody has ever asked and no one is ever likely to ask.

The only place I would not wear the MacDonald, is at a MacDonald gathering, where it might hurt someone's feelings or needlessly rile someone up. Instead, I would wear my Campbell kilt.