A Cornish Hunting kilt

**Spartan Tartan** · 1st July 13, 06:18 PM

Just for clarification, the RED is for the Cough... The unique aspects of the bird are its red beak and legs. The black (and white) are related to the flag of St. Piran.

**JonathanB** · 2nd July 13, 12:20 AM

Originally Posted by Spartan Tartan

Just for clarification, the RED is for the Cough... The unique aspects of the bird are its red beak and legs. The black (and white) are related to the flag of St. Piran.

That makes much more sense. I like the lovat blue argyll jacket as well. I didn't get it in black, just to be a bit different and so I can wear it in less formal settings. (I wore it without tie and with kilt to church on Sunday.)

Incidentally, I didn't choose Cornish Hunting because I have Cornish ancestors and was born in Devon (both true). I riffled through the samples and picked it out because it looked nice. And it does!

**Spartan Tartan** · 2nd July 13, 02:02 AM

Any reason to pick it is fine by me!! It is just nice to see it because to me it IS a beautiful tartan too. I really like that pairing with the jacket. I am going to have to save my pennies for a lovat blue jacket now.

**Roderick Powell** · 2nd July 13, 08:04 AM

Thanks for clarifying , please can you clarify the symbolism of the yellow or gold ,and the blue ?.
Roddy

**JonathanB** · 2nd July 13, 02:20 PM

No need at all to apologise, Roddy. I take all this colour symbolism with a pinch of salt, but let me give a try. The yellow is the gorse on Bodmin Moor or round Land's End. The green (the predominant colour) for the heather. The blue for the sea which surrounds Cornwall on every side.

I'm looking down at my kilt now and, honest Rodders, I can't see any yellow or gold. I'll look again in the morning.

**James Hood** · 2nd July 13, 03:04 PM

Classy look, good on yer!

**Spartan Tartan** · 2nd July 13, 05:14 PM

No reason to apologise. To me, the red means it has a red stripe. I don't get overly concerned with symbolism of the colours. I wear that kilt myself, because it is (even if only recently) connected to my family heritage. So, it is more special to me that it reminds me of my grandfather than the specific meaning applied by the designer.

**davidlpope** · 2nd July 13, 05:19 PM

Originally Posted by JonathanB

No need at all to apologise, Roddy. I take all this colour symbolism with a pinch of salt, but let me give a try. The yellow is the gorse on Bodmin Moor or round Land's End. The green (the predominant colour) for the heather. The blue for the sea which surrounds Cornwall on every side.

I'm looking down at my kilt now and, honest Rodders, I can't see any yellow or gold. I'll look again in the morning.

Isn't there a yellow/gold line between the black and the green?

**JonathanB** · 2nd July 13, 11:50 PM

There is indeed, like the gorse blooms among the green. What I can't make out is any blue.

I like the design whatever the alleged symbolism.

**JonathanB** · 3rd July 13, 01:18 PM

And I now saw in the cold light of day on the bus to East Croydon, that when the white is not running through black (ie St Piran) it is backed by blue (the sea?) or purple (the heather flower?). I'm not bothered by this colour symbolism either - it certainly wasn't a consideration with the earliest tartan designs.

I was rather concerned to find some marks on my new kilt after my bus journey. Someone helpfully suggested it was chewing gum and I needed to put the kilt in the freezer. Fortunately, I sponged it off when I got home. But it was a nasty turn.