Tartan Distinctions

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 27, 12 July 1923, Page 51

Tartan Distinctions

Many clans have more than one tartan. They have sometimes several, such as a common taitan, a hunting tartan, and a full-dress tartan. For example, the Macpherson dress tartan- is black and white with a narrow red line, and the hunting Macpherson is a small blue and black and red check. The Stewarts have three tartans, and the design of their hunting tartan is dark bine and green is a very fine one. Each clan ha& its own badge. Tiro" Duff men wear holly, the Gordons an ivy leaf, the Stewarts an oak leaf, and so on. <*X>