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Nadine Lee
Top 5: Last Minute Gift Ideas
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For those of you stuck for Christmas gift ideas, here's a roundup of items over in our store at ScotClans.com that are in stock and ready to ship now! The final cut off date for Royal Mail Airmail is ...
Topics: Christmas, ScotClans Shop
Amanda Moffet
Burns Night Emergencies - What we have in stock
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Here at ScotClans we see that ordering clothes for Burns night always catches people by surprise and we get inundated with people desperately needing some tartan to wear to their Burns event. The dea...
Donald
History of Kilts Worn in Battle
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There is no documentation for the kilts we know today before 1575. There are many kilt like clothing that is worn with armour, like that a Roman soldier would wear. Or The Leine Croich or belted saffr...
Topics: First World War, Kilts!, War
Amanda Moffet
Ties and Scarves in The Papal/St Ninians Tartan now on ...
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We are now able to offer products in the Papal Tartan also known as St Ninians Tartan. This was the tartan designed for the pope's visit. It was the first-ever tartan created for a Papal visit. The...
Topics: Papal, Pope, St Ninian
Donald
Inuits could be saviours of seal skin sporrans
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A ban on the trade of seal products by the European Union put an end to the continuation of the sale of traditional seal skin sporrans which are a vital part of Highland dress. However, a loophole i...
Topics: sporrans
Donald
Sporran maker criticised for use of road kill
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A Beauly taxidermist is facing criticism from animal rights campaigners for creating sporrans from local road kill. Kate Macpherson, a trained taxidermist for over 20 years, collects badgers, foxe...
Topics: Beauly, Inverness-shire, Kilts!, sporrans