The Muir tartan has a rich history that dates back centuries. This name comes from the Gaelic word" mor," which means large or big, or from Middle English, meaning low grassy hill or champaign. It's believed that they're descended from the Pictish Celts of Ireland and Scotland.
This is particularly fat in west-central Scotland, and in Orkney, it's one of the top ten most generally set up names. In the reign of King Alexander II( 1214- 1249), a David de More witnessed a duty in Ayrshire. A Gilchrist More incurred the wrath of Sir Walter Comyn but latterly married his son and secured the lands of Rowallan Castle, near Kilmarnock. A assignee, Elizabeth Mure, wedded Robert, Steward of Scotland, subsequently King Robert II. They followed James IV at Flodden in 1513 but latterly came lawyers for the new reformed religion, subsequently being bedeviled as Covenanters. Sir William Mure was the sixteenth and last Mure of Rowallan. He served in Germany under Gustavus Adolphus, King of Sweden, in the 17th century. One of his daughters wedded Sir James Campbell of Lawers, the third son of the Earl of Loudon, who therefore came Laird of Rowallan.
This tartan belongs to both Highland and Lowland, and it holds significant value for both regions. The tartan's aphorism, Durum Patientia Frango, meaning" I overcome difficulty by tolerance," symbolizes the perseverance and strength of the Scottish people through adversity. The Muir tartan's pattern is a striking mix of unheroic, black, red, green, and blue. The dominant color of this tartan is green, which represents the Scottish country.
The black in the tartan symbolizes the dark, cold layoffs in Scotland, and the blue represents the Scottish gulfs and swell. The red and unheroic stripes in the tartan emblematize the fiery spirit of the Scottish people. It's protean pattern and can be worn by both men and women.
