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    'Right' to wear tartan?

    Quote Originally Posted by fingertrouble View Post
    Although this is partly moot, not got the confidence up (or the kilt yet) to wear my partner's tartan when I'm on my own even though I've probably got more direct 'familial' (??) right to wear it than most rather than some distant great-great-great etc.
    I wasn't aware that any such 'right' to wear any certain clan/family tartan existed -- direct 'familial' or some distant great-great-great etc. or otherwise?
    Last edited by BoldHighlander; 20th December 11 at 01:39 AM.
    [SIZE="2"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]T. E. ("TERRY") HOLMES[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"][FONT="Georgia"][COLOR="DarkGreen"][B][I]proud descendant of the McReynolds/MacRanalds of Ulster & Keppoch, Somerled & Robert the Bruce.[/SIZE]
    [SIZE="1"]"Ah, here comes the Bold Highlander. No @rse in his breeks but too proud to tug his forelock..." Rob Roy (1995)[/I][/B][/COLOR][/FONT][/SIZE]

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