- Mill: HOE
- Weight: 13 oz.
- Clan Motto: Touch Not The Cat Bot A Glove
- Known Septs Include:
Names associated with the clan: Hairdy Hardie Hardy Hardye MacArdie MacArdy MacBardie MacCarday MacCardie MacCardney MacCardy MacChardaidh MacChardy MacHarday MacHardie MacHardy MacKardie MacKhardie MacQhardies, McArdie McArdy McBardie McCarday McCardie McCardney McCardy McChardaidh McChardy McHarday McHardie McHardy McKardie McKhardie McQhardies
- Notes:
The following, which is the earliest mention of this tartan, is from an 1860 manuscript written by a Charles Andrew McHardy who was the Chief Constable of Dumbarton and an historian:
"The McHardy Tartan, for Kilting and Plaiding, according to coloured thread scale is as follows:-Warp, 6 red; 58 green; 58 blue; 4 white; 58 blue; 6 red; 6 green; 6 red; 58 blue; 4 white; 58 blue; 58 green; 6 red; 6 blue; 6 red; 58 green; 58 blue; 4 white; 58 blue; 6 red; 6 green; 6 red; 58 blue; 4 white; 58 blue; 58 green; 6 red; 6 blue; 6 red &c. The ordinary width of a web of tartan is about two feet two inches, and if made of double width the sets, as above, are to be repeated until the full width be obtained. The threads in the Woof must correspond with those in the Warp, and if this be attended to the sets and checks will be correct."
Sample in STA Johnston Collection.
MacHardy is a sept of Clan MacKintosh.