tartan advice

**Mike_Oettle** · 2nd December 14, 01:23 PM

Hummel, eh? There is a song from Hamburg about a Hummel who did something daring during a flood, if I recall. (The name recurs in the chorus, recalling the spectators’ cheering of his deed.)
However the hero appears to have been a visitor from much further south. I used to know a Hummel (sadly now deceased) who came from southern Germany.
Certainly nobody will shoot you for wearing Buchanan, Micah.
But there are plenty more tartans you might like to try. There is one in the colours of the German flag, named Germany, several American setts alluding to German ancestry, and one called Coburg which was the district tartan for Germany for well over a century.
Then there is always Stewart. I see you have one in Stewart Hunting.
Regards,
Mike

**Micah** · 2nd December 14, 02:18 PM

I don't know the song Mike but the name is German. From a town bordering Bavaria
in the Baden-Würtemmburg area. Intriguing, no?

**figheadair** · 3rd December 14, 12:10 AM

Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle

But there are plenty more tartans you might like to try. There is one in the colours of the German flag, named Germany, several American setts alluding to German ancestry, and one called Coburg which was the district tartan for Germany for well over a century.

Mike, Wilsons' No 150 or Cobourg was probably only so called for a relatively short period, perhaps 20 years. around 1790-1810 and was likely to have been a Wilsons' attempt to reflect the German influence in the British Royal Family. In their 1819 KPB they refer to the pattern as the Gallant Grahame and by the time of Logan's Scottish Gael (1831) it was Graham and is now known as Graham of Menteith.

**Tarheel** · 3rd December 14, 01:27 AM

I share in the ancestry shuffle of a German surname (INGRAM of Hesbania circa 752) linked to a Scottish (Ingram Coluqhoun 1241) Throw in Irwin, Irvine, Kilpatrick or Hedwig of Bavaria and Gunderland and I get the option of many tartans to choose from. A toss of Maternal surnames Creasey, O'Conner, Dorsett and Basinger and I get a wider variety.

If you feel unique, choose Buchanan; more refined and staid, opt Stewart. If you're kilted in anything else, you can feel both ways if you'd like, if the color, pattern and connection fits you personally.

**Pleater** · 2nd December 14, 11:36 AM

If the tartan calls to you what harm is there in wearing it?

As long as you aren't up to any mischief of course.

It is a beautiful tartan, and you have Buchanans in your ancestry - so even if you were challenged by the kilt police I think you'd be safe....

Anne the Pleater :ootd: