Toronto Burns Nights

**BoldHighlander** · 27th January 11, 03:09 AM

Originally Posted by CMcG

What a great looking couple you are!

**CMcG** · 27th January 11, 07:58 AM

Originally Posted by Hendry

Sorry we missed you at McCools, we had a nice time, they had some lovely haggis springrolls earlier as well. Met a couple new folks and some old friends, unfortunately we didn't get any pictures.

Cheers
Dave

Originally Posted by McMurdo

Great photos, sorry we missed you at the Fionn McCool's Burns Night. I too like the kilt pin and have one similar on my Maple Leaf tartan kilt.

Yes, it's a pity things didn't work out for some of us at Fionn MacCool's

McMurdo, I'm glad you're alive and didn't risk the white-out, despite not making it down to the pub.

Hendry, I guess the early bird gets the worm, and that wasn't me!

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Laaaaverly!! Ebay is my downfall and I'm always on the hunt for pins.

I know what you mean about eBay, eh? It's hard to turn down really good deals... but now I've got a pin for each of my kilts. So then, I bought one for my lass' kilt-skirt (Chinese tartan) while I was at it.

**tulloch** · 27th January 11, 08:33 AM

Great pics, thanks. Haggis springrolls? Wow.

**The Barry** · 27th January 11, 10:12 AM

You ended up looking very sharp, well done!

**Oddern** · 27th January 11, 10:27 AM

You are a good looking couple, and your attire is very nice. I think I voted for this look in your other thread.
Skål!

**Jay** · 27th January 11, 12:50 PM

Couldn't make it to a larger Burns Supper in Toronto, but I did make it to Orillia to join some Brethren at the Masonic Hall for some Haggis and poetry.

**Mike_Oettle** · 27th January 11, 03:58 PM

CMcG wrote: “I bought one for my lass' kilt-skirt (Chinese tartan) while I was at it.”

Glad to know she does wear tartan!
I don’t know of a sett called Chinese, but there is a Shenzen tartan, plus a few others belonging to that part of the world.
Regards,
Mike

**CMcG** · 27th January 11, 06:06 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle

CMcG wrote: “I bought one for my lass' kilt-skirt (Chinese tartan) while I was at it.”

Glad to know she does wear tartan!
I don’t know of a sett called Chinese, but there is a Shenzen tartan, plus a few others belonging to that part of the world.
Regards,
Mike

There is indeed a such a tartan! STA ref:6807, properly know as the Chinese Scottish tartan.

My lass is still working on putting an outfit together around her tartan kilt-skirt, so hopefully you'll all see its debut soon. In the meantime, here's a pic of it and a link to its page over at the Scottish Register of Tartans:
http://www.tartanregister.gov.uk/tar...s.aspx?ref=636

**Mike_Oettle** · 28th January 11, 10:58 AM

Oh, yes, I had almost forgotten the Chinese Scottish Tartan. But I believe it’s restricted. I was under the impression that it was reserved for Chinese residents of Scotland.
I have heard that the Chinese of Canada are organised in national units that have little contact with each other, to the extent that the South African Chinese in Canada had to form their own association, so as to be sure they weren’t ignored.
Regards,
Mike