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- From: uk08745@nx04.mik.uky.edu (randy j yarger)
- Newsgroups: rec.heraldry
- Subject: Re: Tartans...
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.205007.12931@ms.uky.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 20:50:07 GMT
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- In article <721976645.F00002@ocitor.fidonet>
- Beth.Appleton@f4229.n124.z1.fidonet.org (Beth Appleton) writes:
- > >original owner of a coat of arms, you're not entitled to use that
- > >coat. Note, however, that this only holds any legal weight in
- > >countries which still have some type of governmental heraldic
- > >organization (which the US does not).
- >
- > BI> But I believe in Scottish Clans, one has the
- > BI> 'right' to wear the Tartan.
- > BI> Yes?
- > Yes, but that's an entirely different kettle of fish. The whole
- > purpose of the tartan is to denote the whole family and retainers. You
- > also get to wear the clan badge, but none of that is equivalent to
- > the official coat of arms of the family head.
- > I'm a Keith -- I could wear the tartan if I could afford, I have a
- > clan badge (much cheaper), but I have no claim in the slightest to the
- > arms of the Earl of (I forget... no claim - no memory) which are
- > "Argent, a Chief paly or and gules" (I think)....
- > Beth/Gwenllian
- >
- > * Origin: Herald's Point * Steppes/Ansteorra * 214-699-0057
- (1:124/4229)
- I come from a very scottish family and have even been back to the Isle
- of Skye where we are from. I have my kilt, my clan badge (MacDonald of
- Skye/ MacDonald of the Isles) and several instruments such as bagpipes and
- a middle C pipe. I am extremely proud of my heritage and am a little
- disappointed because i can't wear my things because i am female. The only
- thing that i can wear is a scottish dress with a sash, although I still
- wear
- my kilt, my pin and my short kilt jacket all the same. To any Celtic guys
- out there who think wearing a "skirt" is silly, if youve got the blood,
- there is nothing that you could wear that would be sexier than a kilt,
- a white shirt, and a jacket. If you think about it, scottish men are so
- sexy that a kilt doesn't hinder them in the least.
- -meredith aka "vixen"
- mmhous00@ukpr.uky.edu
-