Proscription plaque 1746 from MacPherson Museum

[Peter C.]

It is worrying to think a clan museum knows so little about Scottish national dress as far as the sgian dubh is concerned. I don't think I would want them to teach me about my heritage, I wouldn't know whether the information was accurate or not.

Peter

[sirdaniel1975]

It is worrying to think a clan museum knows so little about Scottish national dress as far as the sgian dubh is concerned. I don't think I would want them to teach me about my heritage, I wouldn't know whether the information was accurate or not.

Peter

I know what you mean...

from: http://www.sonasmor.net/Panel003.html

The two clansmen standing at the side of the shield are known as 'supporters' in heraldic terms. They are dressed as they may have appeared at the famous Battle of the Shirts or Blàr-na-Leine in 1544 between the Camerons and MacDonalds vs the Frasers. Because of the extremely hot weather that day, the combatants cast aside their belted plaids and fought in just their shirts and jerkins. It was the style of that day in the Highlands to tie the shirt tails between their thighs.

I thought 1594 was the earliest documentation of the "belted plaid?" Some things you just have to take as a grain of salt.