Follow Friday: National Tartan Day – Clan Ross

"Ross". A plate illustrated by R. R. McIan, from James Logan's The Clans of the Scottish Highlands, published in 1845.

Happy National Tartan Day, a national holiday for all Scottish-Americans and the date on which the Declaration of Arbroath was signed in 1320. The Follow Friday location is the Scottish Tartans Museum. I think I'll take myself out to lunch (no haggis!) to celebrate, but first a bit on Clan Ross, a Highland Scottish clan I belong to courtesy of my Aberdeenshire grandfather, William Watson Ross.

Clan Ross has four tartans, but I must admit there are so many variations on the Web that I've chosen the ones I like best, which is not exactly rigorous historical research. Here they are:

1. Ross Dress tartan (modern & ancient):

 
2. Ross Hunting tartan (modern & ancient):

3. Ross Hunting Weathered tartan:

4. Ross Red Hunting tartan (as seen in that ancestor of mine above):

Aren't they lovely? I promise if I wear one of the hunting ones, I won't slaughter any creatures. I may dance a fling, though.