Clan mottoes...

**freddie** · 19th October 08, 09:37 PM

The Home (Hume) clan are often accused of deserting the battlefield at Flodden and one suggestion was that someone shouted their battle cry A Home! A Home! A Home! - so they all went home. Don't you believe it. We were true Border Reivers at heart and went off to plunder the English baggage train!

**FelanMoira** · 30th November 08, 05:33 PM

Clan MacBean -
Motto - "Touch not a catt bot a targe!" (Don't mess with this cat unless you have a shield for protection against it!)
War Cry - "Kinchyle" - (kin-hile) the land owned by the Clan which stretched around 2 miles along Lock Ness (approximately where the town of Dores is today)
Beastie - scottish wildcat

**Carolinascot** · 16th December 08, 07:42 PM

Anderson Stand sure

**Daniel Hyde** · 16th December 08, 10:57 PM

Touch Not This Cat- I am sure that has started a few fights! We also were aligned with Clan Chatten.
Later,
Dan

**David Dubh** · 16th December 08, 11:04 PM

MacDonald Per Mare Per Terras (By Sea By Land) As they were Lord of the Isles. I beleive the Canadian motto A Mari usque ad mare from sea to sea was from Sir John A Macdonald.
Or Clan Ranald My Hope is Constant in Thee. Reputable uttered of by the Bruce at Bannockburn. and giving Macdonalds the prefered place of honour on the right of the line of Battle.

**davedove** · 17th December 08, 06:13 AM

The motto for the only "clan" to which I ever swore loyalty: This We'll Defend.

Bonus points to anyone who knows what I'm talking about.

**Carolinascot** · 17th December 08, 08:07 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

The motto for the only "clan" to which I ever swore loyalty: This We'll Defend.

Bonus points to anyone who knows what I'm talking about.

US Army I belive...
19K for 9 yrs here...

**Kerr the Walker** · 17th December 08, 08:54 AM

Kerr - Sero sed Serio - Late but in earnest

Allegedly a contingent of the family showed up late to a pivotal battle (date and location escape me at the moment) but ended up being the deciding factor in the outcome.

**1MUNK3** · 17th December 08, 10:25 AM

Originally Posted by davedove

The motto for the only "clan" to which I ever swore loyalty: This We'll Defend.

Bonus points to anyone who knows what I'm talking about.

That would be the United States Army "Clan" motto.

**McMathTX** · 17th December 08, 11:16 AM

I admit that I didn't read all 239 posts to date, but I haven't seen Clan Matheson's motto, "Fac Et Spera" (Do And Hope). I guess the Matheson's were a "leap first, think later" group of folks. That may explain why they were largely landless by the end of the 13th century.
Dean