# I'm not Scottish, kin I wear a kilt at me wedding? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 23, 2005, 9:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480 "2005-11-23T21:10:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![GorillaMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@GorillaMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GorillaMan)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/41 "2005-11-25T21:34:11Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > Well, if you’re worried about offending Scots by wearing a tartan you’re not entitled to, then, I would hazard a guess that until you marry her, you’re not entitled to wear _her_ tartan… No hard-and-fast rules…I’ve known true Scottish men who choose to wear their girlfriend’s tartan, or that of their mother’s family, simple because their own one is hideously garish. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/42 "2005-11-25T21:49:33Z")
I have a Muted Dress Stewart tartan kilt that I used to wear to Renaissance Faires. Actually a remote ancestor was a Kirkpatrick, which I’ve found is a clan associated with the Colquhouns. I’d like to get a kilt with the [Colquhoun tartan](http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Colquhoun/tartan.html), but kilts are nearly three times the price I paid for mine in the early-'80s. And I’d like a Utilikilt. ---
**Author:** ![Cheez\_Whia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@Cheez\_Whia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheez_Whia)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2005, 11:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/43 "2005-11-25T23:34:47Z")
Since you are of some Irish decent, you can join[Clan Cian](http://www.clancian-carroll.com/). They have their own tartan. ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/44 "2005-11-26T01:42:11Z")
I’ve got mostly [Johnstone](http://http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Johnstone/tartan.html) with some [Robertson](http://http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Robertson/tartan.html) as well. Our hunting plaids are nicer than our dress plaids, in my opinion. My brother usually wears an ancient Robertson hunting. Check us out! We were some badasses! 😃 [Johnstones](http://http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Johnstone/history.html) [Robertsons](http://http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Robertson/history.html) Makes me want to get all dressed up and kick somebody’s ass! 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 1:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/45 "2005-11-26T01:45:01Z")
What the hell?!? Bill Gates sabotaged my friggin’ links! Ignore the links above, I have no idea what the hell happened… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/46 "2005-11-26T01:52:27Z")
> [@EJsGirl](#): > > I’ve got mostly [Johnstone](http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Johnstone/tartan.html) with some [Robertson](http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Robertson/tartan.html) as well. > > Our hunting plaids are nicer than our dress plaids, in my opinion. My brother usually wears an ancient Robertson hunting. > > Check us out! We were some badasses! 😃 > > [Johnstones](http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Johnstone/history.html) > > [Robertsons](http://www.scotclans.com/clans/Robertson/history.html) > Makes me want to get all dressed up and kick somebody’s ass! 😉 Fixed the links. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Beware\_of\_Doug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/278dde/32.png) [@Beware\_of\_Doug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beware_of_Doug)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/47 "2005-11-26T02:03:22Z")
Now, I have this green and blue plaid tie I like a lot. And reading this thread, I got to wondering whether it was a legitimate tartan or just something some foof at The Gap drew up. It turned out to be [Ogilvie of Inverquharity](http://www.destination-scotland.com/tartans/o/tartan.asp?message=Ogilvie%20of%20Inverquharity&image=ogilvieinver), Inverquharity being some 15th-century heap of stones in Angus, in the east-central of the country. Now I have no idea whether this means anything, but I am related to some Richardsons 4 generations back. And on one of those “find-your-clan” websites, Richardson was listed as one of the septs of the (an?) Ogilvie clan. So I have a cover story which will enable me to wear my tie. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2005, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/48 "2005-11-26T03:19:23Z")
I used to know of a website that listed Irish tartans and such. I know that some of my family came from Cork, and I believe my father mentioned that some of them came from Killarney, or around that area. ---
**Author:** ![Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e79b87/32.png) [@Boulter\_s\_Canary](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boulter_s_Canary)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/49 "2005-11-28T13:32:54Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > I used to know of a website that listed Irish tartans and such. I know that some of my family came from Cork, and I believe my father mentioned that some of them came from Killarney, or around that area. Failing that, how about a Cornish kilt (plain black), or one of the Cornish tartans? [http://www.alanrichards.org/cornishtartan.htm](http://www.alanrichards.org/cornishtartan.htm) ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Robson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gary_robson/32/3448_2.png) [@Gary\_Robson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Robson)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/50 "2005-11-28T20:34:20Z")
> [@Ethilrist](#): > > I would hazard a guess that until you marry her, you’re not entitled to wear _her_ tartan… It doubt there’s any problem for the bride to wear the groom’s tartan or vice-versa. I recently attended a wedding where the majority of us wore kilts and the groom worked in a part of the ceremony where he pinned a scarf of his tartan onto his bride’s wedding dress right after the “I do” as a “welcome to the clan.” ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/51 "2005-11-28T21:11:38Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > What started out as a mostly frivilous post has turned into quite the interesting debate/discussion. I seriously doubt I’m getting married any time soon, considering my history, but please continue the thread with your wonderful insights (and jokes!) . Ah, good. I opened this thread after reading the title and thinking “WTF??!! How dare he? And after last Tuesday night, too!” But I see alll is still right with the world, and I will now expect pics of “ **NCB** in kilts” in my private email sometime this afternoon, you know the one, or I will post the bunny pic costume. ---
**Author:** ![Syntropy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/65b543/32.png) [@Syntropy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Syntropy)\ **Post date:** [November 28, 2005, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480/52 "2005-11-28T21:14:27Z")
Erm. “Bunny costume pic.” That is all. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/im-not-scottish-kin-i-wear-a-kilt-at-me-wedding/332480.md?page=2)