Iowa kilt, by Newsome

[BEEDEE]

OOH- that is so nice. Thanks for the pics.

Brian

[mudd]

The symbolism of the Iowa tartan:

Yellow for corn or state bird (Eastern Goldfinch)
Green for corn or grass
Brown for the earth
Red for barns or state flower (Wild Prairie Rose)
White for snow
Blue for water or sky*

* The Blue could also stand for the over 75,000 Iowans who served in the Union Army during the Civil War, out of a total population of around 675,000.

Trying not to be argumentative, but that earth looks black to me. You could grow anything in that stuff.

[macwilkin]

Trying not to be argumentative, but that earth looks black to me. You could grow anything in that stuff.

There is actually black in the tartan as well. You'll have to take it up with the folks in the Scottish Society of Cedar Rapids, as they wrote the symbolism description, not me.

And yes, anything will grow in black dirt. Much better than the rocks with dirt between them around these parts.

T.

[KiltedCodeWarrior]

Very nice looking tartan Todd.

Now where did you buy those tree trunks you show as legs in the pics? You must be a using those legs a lot to get some meat like that on them!

[starbkjrus]

Trying not to be argumentative, but that earth looks black to me. You could grow anything in that stuff.

Actually the description of the tartan in The Compendium of District Tartans (Newsome & Bullman, Scotpress 2004) adds a line.

It says brown is for the earth and black is for the rich Iowa soil. So there ya go.

[Alan H]

That's a beautiful tartan....nice kilt, too! Mmmm-HMM.

[CelticRanger66]

Great Tartan!! and super Kilt!!!

[gangreenfootball]

Looking good