Barbie's Moss Plaid (Yellow & Green)

Reference ID

210

Category

Other

Designer

Not Specified

Tartan date

01/01/2002

Registration date

This tartan was recorded prior to the launch of The Scottish Register of Tartans.

Notes

From a plaid found (circa 1890) wrapped around a body buried or 'lost' in Barbie's Moss on the north face of Ben Ruines. Jamie Scarlett MBE (1978) said 'Colours are dark yellow and dark olive green which I take to be blue and white stained with peat.' See the blue and white version at STR #211. The story is that a girl, Barbara, hanged herself after being told her lover had been killed in the Napoleonic War. Some medical students, hearing the story, put it to the test and discovered the body. A small piece of the plaid was in the possession of Mrs Mary Macleod, head teacher at Raebeg Primary School.

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