Perhaps there would be less debate today if it had originally been called "Kirkin' of the Wallet" ?

By calling it "Kirkin' of the Tartan" it allows for the romantic revisionist focus to be put on the tartan, and appears to fuel the belief that the tartan was the item of reverence, and not the money.

It sounds to me like the current practice has value for those who participate in it, but it unfortunately shares the same name with a historic event(s) having nothing to do with the current practice.

So, much like wearing the kilt with hiking boots and tee shirt is just fine and dandy as long as I don't claim it to be traditional Highland attire, bringing your tartan to the church for blessing can be called Kirkin' of the Tartan as long as a person doesn't perpetuate the myth that that was the nature of the original event ?

Well, that's all I got!