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—symbolizing the campaign’s three objectives: securing a pardon, an apology, and memorials.
The 173 black threads in the tartan’s squares represent the 173 years the Witchcraft Act was in force.
March 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Red signifies bloodshed, while pink represents the legal tapes binding trial documents then and now.
The thread count encodes the years 1563 and 1736 (1+5+6+3 = 15 and 1+7+3+6 = 17), with these numbers woven into black and grey bands surrounding a white check of three threads.
March 6, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Designed by Clare Campbell, founder of the Prickly Thistle tartan mill, the appropriately gothic pattern carries symbolic meaning.
Its black and grey tones reflect the darkness of the era and the ashes of those burned.
March 6, 2025 at 10:02 PM