Scottish Tartans

Short video made by Fraser Parkinson for New York Tartan Day 2020 for Scottish Tourist Guides Association. Featuring various Scottish Blue Badge Guides. Music by Debbie Davidson.

[@rodrigofuentes3491]

What a proud to wear a tartan ! I'm mexican, but I'm in love all about scottish ! I would like to be one !

[@douglasfraser2089]

So Amazing! My father's side is Fraser and my mother's Graham. Just love being born in Scotland

[@TheKiltedAdventurer]

Great video! Thanks for reminding us of the 50 million of us no longer in Scotland. ❤️🇺🇲🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@sandersson2813]

There arent 50 million ex pats. Behave

[@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH]

@@sandersson2813 Yes there are. Don’t be a snob, and behave.

[@sandersson2813]

@@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH Bullshit. There arent. Theres only 5 million people inside. An ex pat is someone who has LEFT Scotland, not some one who has some tenuous plastic ancestral link.

[@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH]

@@sandersson2813 What does it matter to you what people are anyway? Is it hurting you? People like celebrating their heritage, their family has left Scotland, they should be able to all call themselves ex pats. I would much rather believe a specialist on the matter than you.

[@sandersson2813]

@@LetsGoCatchUsSomeFISH Doesnt hurt me, bit it doesnt make someone an expat if they arent Scottish. I had an Irish Great, Great Grandparent, doesnt make me an Irish expat does it? No specialist has actually claimed that heritage makes you an expat though, so what are you on about?

[@firedoc5]

My family line is from Ferguson, Campbell, and Bruce for the most part. A lot of Scot and Ulster-Scots. The Fergusons came over in the mid-1850's.

[@ANota-og2yp]

Beautiful tartans. My proven direct ancestor is Mary of Scotland Dunkeld, Countess of Boulogne, Princess of Scotland, She was the youngest daughter of Malcolm III CanMore. I wear the MacAlpin Tartan to honor my oldest ancestors.

[@benmacdui9328]

You and hundreds of thousands of other people. Have you ever done the calculations when it comes to family trees?

[@AS-Pra1.0]

I'm a Mcintosh through my mother and grandmother so interesting

[@lecossais644]

Merci pour le partage, très intéressant....

[@jspin1103]

Makes me wish I was Scottish, sort of.

[@richardlove4287]

Lol, family tartan was invented and romanticised by Queen Victoria. Before this we all just wore whatever was cheapest.

[@michaelbaughman4017]

Calling all Fifes.

[@sandersson2813]

Used to like wearing a kilt, but dont anymore due to the hijacking of tartan by the SNP

[@michaelfrazer1807]

Thank You so much for sharing. I looking for the Frazer clan tartan and history. I know that I well find it someday .

[@keithmills778]

I just ordered my second kilt. First was the Fraser Modern Hunting tartan, and the new one will be the Modern Red. There’s one Fraser tartan that’s sort of reserved for the 78th Fraser Highlanders, which was a regiment raised in Scotland in 1757. They fought in North America in the Seven Year’s War and were disbanded in Quebec in 1763, The modern 78th Fraser Highlanders is, according to the website of the Fort Calgary Garrison, “a North-America wide historical society dedicated to the preservation of the memory of the original Regiment and Canadian Military history of the period mid-1700’s and celebration of the contributions of the early Scots to Canadian culture.” The original regimental tartan is sort of reserved for their use. And, oddly, there are two American garrisons of this organization that is devoted to Canadian history. One is in Vancouver, Washington and the other in Atlanta.

[@GreenmanDave]

@Michael Frazer There are a number of books on the subject, but most of the information you'll want can be found online. The difficulty with Fraser (the traditional spelling of which Frazer is a variant) is that there are two distinct clans, Clan Fraser in the Lowlands and Clan Fraser of Lovat in the Highlands, and one must determine of which one descends. If you can find out where your ancestors lived that will help determine to which clan you belong, though either/both would likely accept you by name alone. Slàinte agus deagh fhortan! 😁

[@kevinwadland6783]

We in Cornwall got tartan

[@grantray4789]

Good video.

[@craigmccall7450]

Thank you!

[@halbarbour7340]

Montgomerie, Barbour, Cowan, Atkinson, Murdoch, Crosby.

[@lonarenwick385]

I am from the McKay clan.

[@ianmorton3736]

Hello, My family lineage is Clan Robertson. Also my middle name. Sadly I don't know enough about it.

[@virgiljjacas1229]

🤔🤔🤔 But the colors were a late creation by Walter Scott. The Ogham is what really matters.

[@1171]

I am , found to be the 22 great granddaughter of Sir John of Elderslie and he’s the brother of William Braveheart Wallace! I don’t know my tartan. I was so happy to know I was a descendant of Braveheart! Then I knew why I was tall and felt like swinging a broadsword and that I am committed to doing what I believe in. DNA 🧬 even that far is what makes us who we are. I love the idea perhaps I can go to see Scotland.

[@jspin1103]

I hope you don’t think that movie was a true story. It’s about as real as gladiator was. Just saying…

[@KristinaUSA-x5n]

My Turner family were Scottish prisoners of war and had their land stolen and settled and founded America.

[@chaoticlizard517]

Any idea of the Baillie/Bailey tartan?

[@johnboy9518]

Not true most tartans werent invented till 1800s, lowland families traditionally didnt have kilts and are only called clans due to an act of parliment

[@andyleighton6969]

Half of Scotland's economy is based on tenth generation Americans calling themselves "Scottish" and looking to be Chief of the Clan McFake, don't upset the applecart. You can wear any fancy dress you like, but personally I reckon your "heritage" wears out with your ability to play sport for that particular nation.

[@johnboy9518]

@@andyleighton6969 its hard to deny them though when our own government completely ignores thats scots are indigenous and now we have to accept africans and asians as new scots, but not americans with actual ancestory

[@creolelady182]

Finlayson

[@buccaneersfan7948]

What about clan Campbell and clan Sinclair?

[@bigshoe9130]

What about them?

[@benmacdui9328]

Campbells are notorious traitors and lapdogs of the British state. Anyway , clan tartans are all fake Victorian inventions.

[@michealcurrie8272]

What the Campbell's did will never be forgotten but don't remind us of there existence.

[@bigshoe9130]

People actually talking about this stuff like it happened yesterday 🤣

[@michealcurrie8272]

@@bigshoe9130 it's actually one of Scotland biggest shameful episodes. Brought disgrace to the Highlands.

[@benmacdui9328]

Clan tartans are a modern invention. Doesnt take much research to find out this is all nonsense.

[@bilwilcox44]

Tartan has an ancient history. The earliest known tartan in Scotland can be dated to the third or fourth century AD. In other parts of the world, tartan cloth has been found dating to approximately 3000 BC. Virtually everywhere there was woven cloth, people created tartan designs. Yet only in Scotland have they been given such cultural significance. Why?

[@susiedaniel8031]

Duncan