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the colourful history of this textile famously worn by Scottish clans.

Well, according to the historian and tartan expert Peter McDonald,

some of our favourite facts surrounding the checking material might not be as accurate as we think.

Speaking to Emily Briffett and answering listener questions, Peter charts Tartan's long story. its early origins to its growing status as a

national symbol and a commercial icon.

Hi Peter thank you so much for joining us on the History Extra podcast.

Good morning it's a pleasure.

Now I think if we're talking about the history of Tartan,

there are definitely some perhaps preconceptions or misconceptions surrounding its history.

I wonder could you perhaps touch on a couple of these?

So possibly the greatest one is that... I wonder could you perhaps touch on a couple of these?

So possibly the greatest one is that there is a tartan for every name in Scotland.

So there are well over 10,000 names in Scotland and although I have a database with about that same number of tartans on there,

there are more than one associated with several of the larger clans, but there are an awful lot of

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