Was Tartan ever actually banned?

[davidlpope]

David

I do not want to let this get into an argument so can we agree that this is just a friendly debate of facts?

In answer to #1 - YOU do not believe any tartans were blessed but there is no evidence either way as to what was done during that service - so you are not basing your understand on facts but rather on what you think may have or not have happened. In my research there is not even a copy of the original sermon.

#2 as to the (erroneous-your word) myth of a practice in Scotland years ago, there is again no evidence to prove or disprove the practice of taking a small piece of tartan to the Kirk (Church) to be blessed. So you are again basing your idea off of what you think did or did not happen

remember a lack of evidence is not evidence

Sure. Give me a little time and I will try to find and present acceptable source documentation.

In the meantime, peruse this thread:
http://www.xmarksthescot.com/forum/f...vention-56465/

None of our Scottish friends have any knowledge of the "Kirking of the Tartans" being a tradition in Scotland. Not dispositive, but it doesn't seem likely that Peter Marshall would be the sole recipient of a secret "age-old tradition" dating from the time of Proscription that he would only reveal in 1941 after emigrating to America...

David

[xman]

... Peter Marshall would be the sole recipient of a secret "age-old tradition" dating from the time of Proscription that he would only reveal in 1941 after emigrating to America...

Oh man, that's rich. This is where Occam comes in with, "Not bloody likely"!