Was Tartan ever actually banned?

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#2 as to the (erroneous-your word) myth of a practice in Scotland years ago, there is again no evidence to prove or disprove the practice of taking a small piece of tartan to the Kirk (Church) to be blessed. So you are again basing your idea off of what you think did or did not happen

remember a lack of evidence is not evidence

Unfortunately, this is a logical fallacy - burden of proof.

Lack of proof is /= to proof. In any logical argument the burden of proof falls to the party proposing a given argument, NOT against those disputing said argument.

There IS evidence of the ceremony having started in the States. There is NO existing evidence put forward thus far to establish that scraps of tartan were taken to the Kirk for a blessing (although, if rural Europe is used as a model for Scotland, it isn't outside the realm of reason. That said, the general consensus is that earlier Scots didn't lend the weight to 'TARTANS' that is given to them today- which is all based on Victorian romantic ideals)

Still, an interesting debate thus far, with only one yellow card needing to be issued