Restriction on wearing tartan "the Devil's oath"

[Tattoo Bradley]

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Originally Posted by Foxgun Tom
The worst fate for a Highlander was to die or be killed in a foriegn land and lie buried for eternity, away fom the land of his clan and the burial place of his forefathers



I always thought that it was quite honorable to die in battle. Is this a myth?


I always thought that it was quite honorable to die in battle. Is this a myth?

The concern in this situation is to lie dead and unburied in a land NOT their own... away from their clan. Not so much the "dying for the cause" but what happened to their body afterwards....

[Graham]

Interesting Tom, what a terrible oath to swear. I find it hard to believe how any Scot could, surely it is a denial of all that is Scottish!, well certainly the tartan clause.

[Andrew Green]

Of course there is also the dying as a coward part, along with the whole in a land not your own thing. That's two very important aspects. For someone with a sense of martial pride, dying as a coward would be a grave insult indeed.