# Happy Tartan Day, Dopers! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 6, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957 "2024-04-06T22:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 10:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/1 "2024-04-06T22:29:47Z")
705th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath! > **[Tartan Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Day)** > > Tartan Day is celebration of Scottish heritage and the cultural contributions of Scottish and Scottish-diaspora figures of history. The name refers to tartan, a patterned woollen cloth associated with Scotland. The event originated in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1987. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora and Scotland itself in the 1990s to 2000s. > National Tartan Day, or just Tartan Day, in Canada (since 1987, officially and nationally since 2010), the United States (since 1997,... [Flower of Scotland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCaflEdNAfo) > **[Declaration of Arbroath](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Declaration_of_Arbroath)** > > The Declaration of Arbroath (Latin: Declaratio Arbroathis; Scots: Declaration o Aiberbrothock; Scottish Gaelic: Tiomnadh Bhruis) is the name usually given to a letter, dated 6 April 1320 at Arbroath, written by Scottish barons and addressed to Pope John XXII. It constituted King Robert I's response to his excommunication for disobeying the pope's demand in 1317 for a truce in the First War of Scottish Independence. The letter asserted the antiquity of the independence of the Kingdom of Scot Ge... > **[Tartan Day](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tartan_Day)** > > Tartan Day is celebration of Scottish heritage and the cultural contributions of Scottish and Scottish-diaspora figures of history. The name refers to tartan, a patterned woollen cloth associated with Scotland. The event originated in Nova Scotia, Canada, in 1987. It spread to other communities of the Scottish diaspora and Scotland itself in the 1990s to 2000s. > National Tartan Day, or just Tartan Day, in Canada (since 1987, officially and nationally since 2010), the United States (since 1997,... ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2024, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/2 "2024-04-06T23:01:56Z")
> **[Gone To Plaid](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBVqygvinzw%2F)** > > from Mel Brooks' classic "Spaceballs". lulz. ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/3 "2024-04-07T02:31:43Z")
I’ve never heard of Tartan Day. But we better keep it on the downlow, or the Irish will steal it and reappropriate it, like the did with kilts and pipe bands, the thieving bastards. 😁 Alba gu bràth! ---
**Author:** ![beowulff](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beowulff/32/542_2.png) [@beowulff](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beowulff)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/4 "2024-04-07T02:42:15Z")
As a proud alum of Carnegie Mellon, and an editor of The Tartan newspaper, I say, wear it! ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/5 "2024-04-07T17:12:15Z")
I do have a nice dress shirt with the family tartan. Not going anywhere to wear it today. ---
**Author:** ![themapleleaf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/themapleleaf/32/14349_2.png) [@themapleleaf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/themapleleaf)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2024, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/6 "2024-04-07T17:19:55Z")
No Scottish heritage, but am a piper. My band wears the [Erskine Modern](https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/erskine-modern-medium-weight-tartan-fabric) tartan, which was worn by the pipers of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and is still worn today by the Pipes and Drums of their successor unit the Royal Highland Fusiliers, 2nd Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (2 SCOTS). This tartan was chosen due to association with a WWII reenactment unit doing the RSF. This kilt is my property. In Canada, I played with the now defunct Richmond Hill Centennial Pipe Band. They wore the [Cameron of Erracht](https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/cameron-of-erracht-modern-heavy-weight-tartan-fabric) tartan (one of my favorite tartans, “erracht” just happens to be my handle on a number of other forums). A kilt I had issued by them was the best fit I ever wore. That band chose that tartan because when it was founded, kilts bearing it were available from military surplus. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/7 "2024-04-08T00:20:41Z")
This is mine. Comes with batteries 😉 [![](https://static.clan.com/media/swfabrics/fabrics/3389-nisbet-default/modern/19704/127/medium.jpg?cache=20200803144732) ](https://static.clan.com/media/swfabrics/fabrics/3389-nisbet-default/modern/19704/127/medium.jpg?cache=20200803144732) ---
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/8 "2024-04-08T00:23:31Z")
Hey, it’s [National Beer Day](https://nationaltoday.com/national-beer-day/)! Though nothing says the two holidays can’t be celebrated together. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2024, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/9 "2024-04-08T13:05:05Z")
Hell, it should be required. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/10 "2024-04-09T15:14:37Z")
Here’s my tartan- clan Fraser. Je suis prest! [![](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Clan_Fraser_of_Lovat.jpg/600px-Clan_Fraser_of_Lovat.jpg) ](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Clan_Fraser_of_Lovat.jpg/600px-Clan_Fraser_of_Lovat.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slow_moving_vehicle/32/291_2.png) [@Slow\_Moving\_Vehicle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slow_Moving_Vehicle)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/11 "2024-04-09T15:31:34Z")
Here’s mine - Robertson, Clan Donnachaidh of Atholl. Although the notion of clans having unique, personal tartans is a 19th c. Romantic invention. When I was Googling to find an image of the tartan, one of the related questions was “Who can wear the Robertson tartan?” The correct answer: “Anyone who damn well pleases.” [https://www.google.com/search?sca\_esv=ee5823111fbad417&q=robertson+tartan&uds=AMwkrPs4xoUP238wqwgR-YkbIz6b9wnvaCcoFfERc9YQ-oJFXzMkGpfh0PqXrsMOtv\_wVecOJgi\_OGROAOEB5YYcJANQvnuHje7ok3riWlAyfff5xxC\_xFIHs-MMPGhI0vK4jHbW8sFr49h7r3P9erOYklWyGeAH2ayczf\_8Yk8M9\_wu4TmblhdGxvTWCFc7FvOKTmduNxrBNVyFMgiGihC1Ft2V2YveHkdsaQOj8iOztaRCde8Zd6kRg-wigU24nryjMH1ieduU\_MyUW6LRWIAtyc4lHvZuSsyart8\_x99Er76k\_yaS2SmbWtGWldRuSBG-SkrpOdXt&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUjMK0uLWFAxXvk4kEHQ4TCqsQtKgLegQIExAB&biw=412&bih=1012&dpr=3.5#vhid=CNNu2ESbjN6vTM&vssid=mosaic](https://www.google.com/search?sca_esv=ee5823111fbad417&q=robertson+tartan&uds=AMwkrPs4xoUP238wqwgR-YkbIz6b9wnvaCcoFfERc9YQ-oJFXzMkGpfh0PqXrsMOtv_wVecOJgi_OGROAOEB5YYcJANQvnuHje7ok3riWlAyfff5xxC_xFIHs-MMPGhI0vK4jHbW8sFr49h7r3P9erOYklWyGeAH2ayczf_8Yk8M9_wu4TmblhdGxvTWCFc7FvOKTmduNxrBNVyFMgiGihC1Ft2V2YveHkdsaQOj8iOztaRCde8Zd6kRg-wigU24nryjMH1ieduU_MyUW6LRWIAtyc4lHvZuSsyart8_x99Er76k_yaS2SmbWtGWldRuSBG-SkrpOdXt&udm=2&prmd=isvnmbtz&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjUjMK0uLWFAxXvk4kEHQ4TCqsQtKgLegQIExAB&biw=412&bih=1012&dpr=3.5#vhid=CNNu2ESbjN6vTM&vssid=mosaic) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2024, 3:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/12 "2024-04-09T15:52:51Z")
My father’s ancestors were mostly English, but my mother’s ancestors were the proud wearers of the ugliest tartan in all of Scotland. Buchanan ---
**Author:** ![Loach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/loach/32/350_2.png) [@Loach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Loach)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2024, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-tartan-day-dopers/999957/13 "2024-04-10T02:34:59Z")
I do like the look of the family tartan. > **[Malcolm Modern Heavyweight Tartan Fabric](https://www.lochcarron.co.uk/malcolm-modern-heavy-weight-tartan-fabric)** > > 100% Pure New WoolMade in Scotland138cmHeavyweight 16oz. FabricDry Clean Only