The size of the plaid and the color represents certain tribes or clans?
2007-10-24 16:09:15 · 11 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
Yes! Also you would want to know who you were fighting on the battle field.
2007-10-24 16:13:59 · answer #1 · answered by Sabrina D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I know. The plaid that represents a clan is called a tartan. One reason for them historically is so if you saw a person at some distance coming toward you you would be able to tell if he were friend or foe before he got close.
2007-10-24 23:50:38 · answer #2 · answered by JL 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's a bit of made-up folklore to ensnare gullible tourists and Americans. In historical times, when the clan system was in operation before 1745, the different plaids did NOT represent different clans.
But if enough people think this today, well, why not?
2007-10-25 01:49:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
"The word 'clan' actually derives from the Gaelic form 'Clann', meaning 'children' or 'stock'"
"The Scoti, who settled Western Scotland from 5-6thC onward and eventually gave the whole country their name, are said to have used striped garments to signify rank. "
The plaid was a blanket that was used to keep warm, to sleep in and during the day it was worn around the waist as a kilt and if it was large enough it went over the shoulders to keep them warm. It was woollen and sometimes tartan.
Wool was woven and dyed by the women in the family and they used plants (local) to dye the wool. So colours varied from area to area.
After Culloden it was for bidden to wear the tartan and it was around 1800 that interest in tartans arose. From Victorian times comes our ideas that tartans are only to be worn by clan members and that particular clans had particular patterns
2007-10-25 07:55:18 · answer #4 · answered by Jean O 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean "tartan" rather than "plaid". You will find more information on using tartan.
Plaid is a Scottish word, but in America it means tartan.
2007-10-27 08:43:46 · answer #5 · answered by mindflux303 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's a lot easier if you put "Scottish Tartan" in your search engine.
BTW - are you going out of your way to offend Muslims (thinking your screen name)?
2007-10-25 03:16:28 · answer #6 · answered by Jock 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
clans
2007-10-24 23:11:35 · answer #7 · answered by crengle60 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes I did, my ancestors on my mother's side were Scottish
2007-10-24 23:17:07 · answer #8 · answered by Birdlegs 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yes, colors, patterns, and who's wearing it, all means something, think crips or the bloods
2007-10-25 00:13:35 · answer #9 · answered by nunya b 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
of course.
2007-10-24 23:11:38 · answer #10 · answered by nickipettis 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋