Warriors of the Word: The World of the Scottish Highlanders by Michael Newton

Author:Michael Newton [Newton, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: history, Europe, Great Britain, scotland, Social Science, anthropology, Cultural & Social
ISBN: 9780857907677
Google: Wu67DwAAQBAJ
Publisher: Birlinn
Published: 2019-11-05T00:08:36.289522+00:00

As Martin Martin notes, weavers in particular areas tended to use particular patterns and thus you could infer the place to which a person belonged if you were familiar with the local styles of tartan. This is quite different from the claim that each clan had its own tartan. Clan affiliation, especially when going to battle, was indicated by wearing sprigs of plants or trees. These were called suaicheantas in Gaelic and were originally, at least in part, a means of magical protection from harm in warfare.

What formed a more conspicuous distinction, every clan wore a badge on the side of the bonnet, which ascertained the tribe of each individual. This badge was always of some plant or tree that does not shed the leaf, otherwise the distinction could not exist in winter. The Grants have the fir or pine – the Macleods the juniper – the Frazers the yew – the Macintoshes the box – the Mackenzies the holly – the Macdonalds the crimson heath.147

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