January 16, 2020

Tag: tartans

The Tartan and Tuck’s Scottish Clans Postcards

Kaya Fellcheck

The Tartan and Tuck’s
Scottish Clan Postcards

In some parts of the world, mostly English speaking countries, a pattern of interlaced stripes is often mistakenly called a “plaid” instead of a “tartan.”

In Gaelic, plaid is the proper word for a blanket. When used in a context speaking

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