Quote Originally Posted by Kilted-Marine View Post
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