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Scotland honors historical victims of witch hunts with new tartan design
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Scotland honors historical victims of witch hunts with new tartan design

Grant St. Clair
Feb 25, 2025
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Castle Eilean Donan in Scotland in summer day

Before you start laughing at that headline, tartan is more than just a fancy plaid to soak up your haggis juice in Scotland. Individual designs can carry symbolic meaning, with every last clan laying claim to their own pattern in an official government database – and I'm not just making a big deal out of this…

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