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Garnet
Jan 2
January's Birthstone
Apple Tea
Jan 17
Apple Wassail Night (Old Twelvey Night)
One of a range of designs for Sazaby League ICL Company's Afternoon Tea brand, this design evokes the sweet-sour scent and bright red colour of apple tea.
Burns Check
Jan 25
Burns Night
Longships
Jan 25
Up Helly Aa
Rabbie Burns
Jan 25
Burns Night
Rabbie's Dram
Jan 25
Burns Night
Red Dragon
Jan 25
Chinese New Year (2024)
Red Red Rose
Jan 25
Burns Night & Chinese New Year (Jan 25, 2020)
Robert Burns Legacy
Jan 25
Burns Night
Year of the Rat
Jan 25
Chinese New Year (Jan 25, 2020)
My Zebra Wears Ribbons
Jan 31
Zebra Day
24th World Scout Jamboree
Feb 7
Scout's Day
Domino's Scotland
Feb 9
Pizza Day
Let it Snow!
Feb 9
Snowflake Day
Milk Tea
Feb 11
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
Queen Mary RMS
Feb 12
Scots Festival (Queen Mary)
Designed for the famous Royal Mail Ship(RMS) preserved at Long Beach California. The ship acts as a centre for Scottish Festivals, Games etc.
Cub Scouts of America
Feb 22
Scout's Day
Scottish Scouts (1922)
Feb 22
Scout's Day
Old Frog (Leap Year)
Feb 29
Frog Legs Day (Leap Year 2020)
Waltz
Mar 4
Waltz Day
Cornish National
Mar 5
St. Piran's Day
Mars Martian Terrain
Mar 5
Mars Day
Suffragette
Mar 8
International Women's Day
Piper to the Laird of Grant
Mar 10
International Bagpipes Day
World Wide Web 30th Anniversary
Mar 12
the Creation of the Internet
Tartan in Bronze
Mar 15
the Ides of March
Volcano (Icelandic)
Mar 20
Eyjafjallajökull Eruption
Forest Floor
Mar 21
World Forest Day
York Puppet
Mar 21
Puppetry Day
Island Birth Surtsey
Mar 22
New Worlds Day
Smoke and Mirrors
Mar 29
Smoke and Mirrors Day
Soft Rainbow
Apr 3
Find a Rainbow Day
Scotland's Grace
Apr 4
Chase a Rainbow Day
Declaration of Arbroath 7th Centennial Anniversary
Apr 6
the Declaration of Arbroath 1320
Declaration of Scottish Independence, Arbroath 1320
Apr 6
Tartan Day
Hands Across the Sea - North America
Apr 6
Tartan Day
"A sudden thought strikes me; let us swear eternal friendship." ~ John Hookam Frere (1769-1846)
New York Tartan Day Parade
Apr 9
New York Tartan Day Parade
Culloden
Apr 16
the Battle of Culloden
Ellis Island
Apr 17
Ellis Island Day
Witches' Blood (Shakespeare Day)
Apr 23
Talk Like Shakespeare Day
MacHatters of the Old Pueblo
Apr 25
Red Hat Day
Red Hat Purple Thistle
Apr 25
Red Hat Day
Tamer of Wolves
May 1
St Brioc's Day
A Mother's Flower Garden
May 8
Mother's Day
Historic Caledonian Railway Enthusiasts
May 8
Train Day
Lupus Awareness
May 10
Lupus Awareness Day
Royal & Ancient Golfing Stewart
May 10
Golf Day
Arctic Twilight
May 11
Twilight Zone Day
This tartan, designed by MicJam represents the boundary between the light and the dark.
International College of Dentists
May 11
Dentist, Teeth, and Root Canal Appreciation Day
Arctic
May 12
North Pole Day
Nursing Now
May 12
Nurses Day
Bowhunter
May 14
Archery Day
Northern Lights
May 14
Skyglow Watching Days
This tartan, designed by Carol A.L. Martin, highlights the purple tones of the various forms of celestial phenomena.
Antique 2000
May 17
Antiques Day
Norwegian Centennial
May 17
Constitution Day (Norway)
Pride of Norway
May 17
Constitution Day (Norway)
Scottish Bakers
May 17
World Baking Day
Denim Blues
May 20
Blue Jeans Day
Vampire (Dracula Day)
May 26
Dracula Day
Grands Prix
May 29
the Grand Prix de Monaco
Dropkick Murphys
Jun 4
Punk Rock Day
Spirit of Dunkerque 1940
Jun 4
Operation Dynamo
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Memories of D-Day
Jun 6
D-Day Anniversary
Migraine
Jun 6
Migraine Awareness Month
Glaz
Jun 8
World Oceans Day
Pacific
Jun 8
World Oceans Day
Reflections of the Sea
Jun 8
World Oceans Day
Gipsy
Jun 10
Scottish Travellers Days
Gipsy
Jun 10
Scottish Travellers Days
Merrilees
Jun 10
Scottish Travellers Days
"Old Meg she was a Gipsy, And liv'd upon the Moors: Her bed it was the brown heath turf, And her house was out of doors. Her apples were swart blackberries, Her currants pods o' broom; Her wine was dew of the wild white rose, Her book a churchyard tomb. " ~ Meg Merrilies, John Keats (1795-1821)
Strawberry Fields Forever
Jun 14
Strawberry Shortcake Day
Electric
Jun 15
Electricity Day
Niagara Falls
Jun 16
Waterfall Day
Sargasso Sea
Jun 16
Sea Turtle Day
Summer Beach
Jun 20
International Surfing Day
Black Forest
Jun 21
Cuckoo Warning Day
Kilted Yoga
Jun 21
Yoga Day
Midnight Sunrise
Jun 21
Summer Solstice & The Midnight Sun Day
Rablogan An Torc
Jun 21
Motorcycle Day
Summer
Jun 21
Midsummer Flowers
Stewart Camel
Jun 22
Camel Day
Volkswagen Orange Trim
Jun 22
Volkswagen Day
Midsummer Dream
Jun 23
Traditional Midsummer's Eve
The Battle of Bannockburn
Jun 24
the Battle of Bannockburn
The King Robert the Bruce Memorial
Jun 24
the Battle of Bannockburn
UFOs
Jun 24
UFO Day
Buffalo Plaid
Jun 28
Paul Bunyan and Big Blue Ox Day
MacGregor Red and Black, also known as Rob Roy MacGregor, is the buffalo plaid of the US, associated there with the mythic lumberjack Paul Bunyan. This is one of the most primitive setts of tartan. According to tartan scholar Donald C. Stewart, it is probably the oldest "MacGregor" tartan, however it was only adopted by MacGregors at a relatively late date.
Pride of LGBT
Jun 28
World Pride Day
The Tartan of Pride
Jun 28
World Pride Day
Canadian Centennial
Jul 1
Canada Day
Du Lion
Jul 1
Canada Day
Maple Leaf
Jul 1
Canada Day
Red King
Jul 4
Alice in Wonderland Day
Designed by Carol A.L. Martin
Red Knight
Jul 4
Alice in Wonderland Day
Designed by Carol A.L. Martin
Red Queen
Jul 4
Alice in Wonderland Day
Designed by Carol A.L. Martin
Tweedledee
Jul 4
Alice in Wonderland Day
Designed by Carol A.L. Martin
Tweedledum
Jul 4
Alice in Wonderland Day
Designed by Carol A.L. Martin
Midnight Kiss
Jul 6
Kissing Day
Pasteur
Jul 6
Louis Pasteur (1822-1895)
Cantor
Jul 8
Math 2.0 Day
Garnet
Jan 2
January's Birthstone
Stirring the Wassail Bowl, c. 1800
Jan 17
Apple Wassail Night (Old Twelvey Night)
In times gone by in the cider-producing counties in the south of England, wassailing referred to a traditional ceremony that involved singing and drinking the health of trees on Twelfth Night (January 6th) in the hopes that they might better thrive. The purpose of wassailing was to awaken the cider apple trees and to scare away evil spirits to ensure a good harvest of fruit in the Autumn.
Betrothal of Burns and Highland Mary
Jan 25
Burns Night
Viking Longship
Jan 25
Up Helly Aa
Burns and his Characters
Jan 25
Burns Night
Robert Burns Whisky
Jan 25
Burns Night
Jan 25
Chinese New Year (2024)
Jan 25
Burns Night & Chinese New Year (Jan 25, 2020)
Robert Burns Statue, Dundee
Jan 25
Burns Night
Year of the Rat
Jan 25
Chinese New Year (Jan 25, 2020)
Zebras with "Polka-dot" Foal
Jan 31
Zebra Day
Breakthrough For Freedom
Feb 7
Scout's Day
Kilts and Pizza Delivery
Feb 9
Pizza Day
Snowflake Crystals
Feb 9
Snowflake Day
Milk Tea
Feb 11
Don't Cry Over Spilled Milk Day
The Queen Mary
Feb 12
Scots Festival (Queen Mary)
Built by John Brown & Company in Clydebank, Scotland, the historic ocean liner was retired from active service and arrived in Long Beach on Dec. 9, 1967, following a 39-day journey known as the Last Great Cruise. The journey took passengers from Southampton, England, to Long Beach, California. The National Trust for Historic Preservation has accepted the Queen Mary as part of the Historic Hotels of America.
Webelos Cub Scouts
Feb 22
Scout's Day
Norwegian and Scottish Scouts
Feb 22
Scout's Day
Leaping frog
Feb 29
Frog Legs Day (Leap Year 2020)
Divine Dance
Mar 4
Waltz Day
Cornish Chough
Mar 5
St. Piran's Day
Mar 5
Mars Day
The March of the Women, Margaret Morris (1911)
Mar 8
International Women's Day
Laird of Grant's Piper
Mar 10
International Bagpipes Day
"Only Connect"
Mar 12
the Creation of the Internet
Celtic Warriors
Mar 15
the Ides of March
Eyjafjallajökull
Mar 20
Eyjafjallajökull Eruption
Mar 21
World Forest Day
Punch and Judy Theater
Mar 21
Puppetry Day
Surtsey
Mar 22
New Worlds Day
Mar 29
Smoke and Mirrors Day
Ocean Rainbow
Apr 3
Find a Rainbow Day
Double Rainbow in the Tweed Valley
Apr 4
Chase a Rainbow Day
The Declaration
Apr 6
the Declaration of Arbroath 1320
The Coat of Arms of Scotland
Apr 6
Tartan Day
Arrival of Scottish Settlers, Pictou, N.S.
Apr 6
Tartan Day
National Tartan Day, held each year on April 6 in the United States and Canada, celebrates the historical links between Scotland and North America and the contributions Scottish Americans and Canadians have made to US and Canadian democracy, industry and society. The number of Americans of Scottish descent today is estimated to be 20 to 25 million and Scotch-Irish 27 to 30 million! Scottish Place names abound in every province and in almost every state. There are even many literary and cartoon characters that claim Scottish descent including The Outlaw Josey Wales, Batman, Archie Andrews, Donald Duck, and even Woody Woodpecker!
