INTERNATIONAL TARTANS

Prayer for Tartan

Almighty Weaver,

Wrapped snugly round us against the cauld,

Your warp stretching through weft,

And your weft interlacing with warp,

Weaving a heavenly plaid o' chequered cloth.

Keep us warmly in our Plaid this day and all days,

And pardon us for keeping others in the cauld,

As we pardon those who have kept us in the cauld.

And spare us please from clannishness.

For tartan is for all clans,

For all races, For all nations,

People without end,

Everywhere, Everywhere, Everywhere

Amen

Translated and set down from a poem originating in the Gaelic oral tradition circa 1748 (the year in which the wearing of the tartan was proscribed by Act of Parliament).

copyright 2004 David McGill Edinburgh all rights reserved

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