04-18-2002, 01:44 PM
Someone correct me if I'm wrong.<br>
Clann colours come from the victorian period. Before that I believe there were local setts which were not necessarily associated with a certain family just a group of people living in a certain area say the isle of skye. So what happened is that during the 1800's people started associating designs of weavers of given area to clanns living within that area. Also a number are modern inventions often based on the black watch pattern. The black watch sett existed for a while as it was used for the military. I'm guessing what happened is that the British paid for several weavers to make a tartan that was simple,cheap and alsouniformed for the military. Anyway the whole tartan thing is a myth of course that doesn't change the fact that I'm quite proud to wear my kilt on special occasions.<br>
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Naso <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=naso>naso</A> at: 4/18/02 3:47:46 pm<br></i>
Clann colours come from the victorian period. Before that I believe there were local setts which were not necessarily associated with a certain family just a group of people living in a certain area say the isle of skye. So what happened is that during the 1800's people started associating designs of weavers of given area to clanns living within that area. Also a number are modern inventions often based on the black watch pattern. The black watch sett existed for a while as it was used for the military. I'm guessing what happened is that the British paid for several weavers to make a tartan that was simple,cheap and alsouniformed for the military. Anyway the whole tartan thing is a myth of course that doesn't change the fact that I'm quite proud to wear my kilt on special occasions.<br>
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Naso <p></p><i>Edited by: <A HREF=http://pub45.ezboard.com/bromanarmytalk.showLocalUserPublicProfile?login=naso>naso</A> at: 4/18/02 3:47:46 pm<br></i>
