TOP 10 Scottish Clan Mottos
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- Опубліковано 25 сер 2024
- My personal favourite clan mottos. No slight is intended against clans not included. All clan mottos are great and meaningful.
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I'd like whatever drink the person who wrote clan McPherson had: Touch not the cat but a glove.
Yes, and the variant of Touch not the catt bot a targe. Both were part of the Clan Chattan confederation. They evoke the same sense as the House of Stuart motto which was Nemo me impune lacessit - no one provokes me with impunity. The Gaelic version is Cha togar m'fhearg gun dìoladh - literally 'you wont raise my anger without payment'.
I should add that the Cat, Catt, Chatt name while referencing wild cats likely comes from the Pictish kingdom of Cait where the name survives in Cataibh, the Gaelic name for Sutherland, Caithness and the Shetland Isles where the Shet part is from Chat/Cat and the Gaelic name for the Shetlands is Inse Catt.
Reminds me of the Joe Walsh album The Smoker You Drink, The Player You Get....lol
I'm a MacPherson. it's a very accurate motto for my branch at least. We are unforgiving, vicious, fierce, vengeful people...and very, very patient.
It makes me think of a condom comercial. No glove no pussy.
it's not a motto , but I love the camerons war cry ' sons of the hounds come here and get flesh ' . pretty badass
MACGREGOR CRAC GALLOCH HIDE YOUR DAUGHTERS
Dayum
A war cry IS on2 kind of motto.
“Not by Art, but by Arms!”
My family slogan since the 13th century.
That’s just a rough translation. There are many, though I personally prefer my version: “Not by knavery, but through bravery!”
Vertutis Gloria Merces- Glory Through Valour (Robertson)
Robertson....a main arm of ancient Family Duncan....
Same bloodline as House of Dunkeld...Clan Irvine...others
@@JACK_TheAllSeeingEye Aye. Tracing lineage back to Kenneth MacAlpin.
*VIRTUE MINE HONOUR*
Love how the MacLeans made it in right at the end
Another for hector
Yeah, I thought it was pretty cool too.
Long live the Clan MacLean... long live Scotland
Clan Donald-Per mare per terras ('by sea and by land')
Clan MacDougall-Buaidh no bàs (Victory or Death), also translated as "Conquer or Die".
“Fortune favours the bold” Clan Mackinnon
I really love the MacPherson ” Touch Not The Cat Bot A Glove”.
Right to the point. 🤣👍
Aye!
@@DMB80 I’m not sure who used it first but both MacPherson and MacIntosh use variants of it, and both are in Chattan.
Gow uses it and being a sept of MacPhearson maybe that is not surprising.( they too are in Chattan ).
MacBean/MacBain has:”Touch not the cat bot a targe.” ( they are also in Chattan ).
MacGillivray has:”Touch not this cat.” ( also in Chattan ).
Regardless , i have learnt the hard way that the motto is true…..even if i offer food.
@@DMB80 The ”Catti ” theory is only one theory.
The one most holds to ( or so i’ve heard ) is that they come from Gillichattan Mor who served Saint Cathan.
That is still very early.
But who knows?
@@DMB80 When i said that Gillichattan was a great servant of St: Cathan i did not propose that he Carried the saints bag.
He was a servant in the religious sense, that is , devoted to the church that came out of Ireland.
He was the Bailie of Ardcattan abby.
It is literally right there in his ”name” .
”Gille-Chattan-mor.”
( Great servant of Chattan . The Word order is different in Gaelic ).
Also, ”Cathan” [ ca-han ] can also mean ”battle”.
At this time there was no united Ireland , or Scotland for that matter.
St:Cathan actually was in Scotland, in Bute. He became a popular saint and there are still placenames, churches etc named after him like above Ardchattan ( hights of Chattan ), several places called Kilchattan ( church of Chattan ) and a hill called Suidhe Chattan ( i think that means ”seat of Chattan” , anyone more fluent feel free to correct me ).
Cathan was in the kingdom of Dalriada encompassing parts of northern Ireland and a bit of Scotland.
It had a Gaelic culture, not Pictish.
I find the idea that Normans would retain not only the memory but even a motto or warcry of a germanic tribe, long since gone through all of their formation from gauls, franks and norse into what became the normans.
It sounds a bit like those who claimed freemasonry where the remnants of templars who fled to Scotland.
Or the idea that there was a surviving pagan cult in Europe persecuted during the witch trials ( an idea of Margret Murray’s in the 1920’s ).
Also, that things or symbols look the same or names sound similar does not nessecarily mean a connection ( though sometimes it does ).
Andersson is the most common name in Sweden. Despite the presence of Vikings in Scotland, Clan Anderson did not get its name from them ( but from St:Andrew).
Sweden and Denmark have lions on their arms too. So does Armenia, Algiers,The Czech Republic etc,etc
( I even saw someone claim that the Danes where the Hebrew lost tribe of Dan here on youtube once ).
Speculation is fun, but not history.
I will not claim to know where Clan Chattan came from without reliable documentation.
I dont know.
I just have theories that i find plausible.
Perhaps you are right. Perhaps i am.
Maybe we are both wrong ( or even party right ).
I have seen no academic proof either way so i leave it at that.
@@DMB80 I give up.
Clan Chattan came from the lizzard people of Illuminati.
As a member of Clan Gunn, I agree! Great video as always.
My Mom's from Robinson, a Sept Clan 'of Gunn Clan. T'would concur..
Yeah that's a badass motto.
Gunn in name & soul despite my ancestors immigrating to America generations ago.
unsure if apart of the Gunn clan, my family history is all round the UK n northern france, Guyan is the family name n google search says its derived from Gunn, any info?
Johnstone’s of Annandale: Aye Ready! Matches the crest of the Winged Spur perfectly.
NUMQUAM NON PARATUS 🏴🏴
A more accurate translation is
NEVER UNPREPARED
@@robertianjohnston7483 I am not translating Latin into English. I am using the earlier form of the motto which was translated into Latin. The literal translation from Latin to English is Never not prepared.
Manu Forti - "With Strong Hand" - Clan MacKay
Clan Campbell's Motto is "Ne Obliviscarus", Never Forget. Which is suiting because we've suffered a lot of shit and done a lot of shit, and it's important to learn from the past.
"We were just following orders" -Campbells to any MacDonalds they meet
There was one event where the Argyll had kidnapped the daughter of a rival Chief. Lost 5 sons to battle whilst being pursued back through the glens. The daughter was brought up as a Campbell and married high ranking. Think possibly 16th century.
All Campbell's originate from Clan Iver...The MacIvers...Grandsons of Ivarr Ragnarrson through his daughter Laliva and a Galgael Prince Sidroc. Campbell was a French knight given a position in this noble clan, and eventually rose to prominence through economic means.
Even in the late 1800s the Cambell Chief insisted that his name was MacIver-Campbell, so as not to forget their origins.
Campbell's suffered a lot of shyte because they dished out a lot of shyte....violating ancient customs to murder guests in their sleep....forcing unreasonable payment on loans to lesser clans that lead to land forfitures. Forcing these clans to take the Campbell name to avoid prosecution and thereby swelling Campbell numbers as soldiers for the crown. Policing there own Highlander peoples for the English.....Black Watch.
Fought on the English side at Culloden....the main branch anyway.
"Remember Glencoe" which i guess could be our version of the American's "Remember the Alamo"
The motto of my 'heidless' Clan Little (close ally of Clan Armstrong): CONCEDO NULLI! "I yield to no one!" (Never give up!) P.S. My ancestor married the sister of William Wallace, and was the father of Wallace's most trusted ally, his nephew, "Eduuard Litill, his sister sone so der."
I've always liked,
Invictus Maneo; I remain unconquered.
NOT my family motto, but a personal one.😁
The Goodchild Motto +
Motto Translation: Truth conquers all things.
Some of these mottos are great, and take the imagination back to the stories of old, and the myths.
Thanks for including my own Clan motto.🌳 *Stand Sure* 🌳
*Stand as sure as the great Scots oak*. *With our roots embedded deeply in the Scottish earth.*🌳🛡️⚔️🌳 Stand Sure and Tall.🌳 Scots wa hae, wa Wallace bled.🌳
Kirkpatrick : "I mak sikker" : I'll make sure. Sir Roger de Kirkpatrick's response to Robert the Bruce after the Bruce wounded John Comyn in Dumfries. The Bruce wounded Comyn and rushed to Kirkpatrick telling it he doubted he had mortally wounded Comyn. Kirkpatrick entered the church and killed the wounded Comyn. " I mak sikker" is Roger saying "i will make sure he dies". afterward this became the clan motto, and the Bruce allowed the crest to then also bear a bloody dagger; in reference to Kirkpatick's participation in the slaying. ( i am, through my mother's side, a kirkpatrick)
The Cummings crest is a lion holding a dagger, but probably came before the Bruce incidence.
Nice Scots slogan. Interesting story about how Bruce replaced the incompetent King.
Comyn was a highly trained warrior. He always dominated Bruce in sparring with swords the Man truely was a Dangerous machine. The only way to defeat Comyn was the way he was murdered. You have to backstab him to win, if not then prepare to die, that's how good Comyn was
No disrespect to John Comyn I admire the Warriordem of him. But my ancestors Clan MacKay sided with Bruce
My clan McDiarmid motto, "Grateful for kindness"
Clan Guthrie: Sto Pro Veritate - I stand for truth.
Love the Guthrie motto
I'm Guthrie on my maternal side and love their motto much better than my paternal side clan motto of the MacTavish "Non Oblitus" - Not Forgetful
Hey! Clan Guthrie here as well! 🍻🇺🇸🏴
Johnstone - Nunquanum non paratus.
Never unprepared (to live or die)
Davidson Clan is "Sapienter Si Sincere" which means "Wisely If Sincerely"
Hoc Majorum Virtus "This is the Valor of my Ancestors" Clan Logan for the win!
yep
"Chlanna nan conn, thighibh an seo, is gheibh sibh feoil" is the war cry of Clan Cameron. It translates to "Sons of hounds, come hither, and you will get flesh". "Aonaibh ri cheile" is another war cry but their motto was "Mo righ's mo dhùthaich", which translates to "For King and country" (not in the later British context).
It's called a slogan rather than war cry. Not too many Gaelic words in English, should try to use them where possible.
@@Catubrannos Very true. From "sluagh airm" translating to something like "the cry of an assembled host".
Vincit qui si vincit... he conquers who conquers himself - clan Wilson - Sept of clan Gunn.
Wilson is also a MacGregor sept. Possibly a name they (Greigroc) used during their proscription while living a Cateran life on Rannoch moor before they moved further north into Grampian, Moray, Ross and Cromarty etc.
"I birn quhil I se" - Clan Macleod of Lewis. Meaning "I burn while I see" or "I burn but are not consumed".
Invictus maneo - Even in the face of death Jonny Armstrong (Gilnockie) holds firm with the family motto and remains defiant of his executioner King James V.
Not my family motto, but a personal one. 😁
Maclellan "Think on." Motto is cool. William Maclellan literally threw his gauntlet at King James II and told him not to forget the promise he made to him. He was subsequently Knighted and became Sir William.
"Cuinich bas Alpin"
Remember the death of Alpine
Family Alpin and Family Duncan are the two tainist groups in the royal sept of the Eraiin Fienne...descended from Conaire Mor...the Sil Conerie...ancient royal line of the High Kings of Ireland from the original celtic Iverni. Themselves from The Sons of Mil and progenitor BROGAN
As a Kerr-Macmillan, I find Kerr’s motto “Sero Sed Serio” hilarious. It means “Late, But in Ernest.”
After discovering our Kerr connection my daughter says she means well but being late is in her genes.
After discovering our Kerr connection my daughter says she means well but being late is in her genes.
I once saw a guy in shorts, immediately after me, get some cans of beer in the Dalry area of Edinburgh a smidgen before the legal cut-off time at ten pm. Afterwards I saw him at the bus stop, with the Kerr crest and arms in a tattoo on his calf. 'Late but in ernest,' I said. He laughed. My grandfather's mother was a Kerr. Michael, Edinburgh.
@@janh5199By the way, another thing that’s in the Kerrs’ genes is being left-handed. There are terrifically awesome stories about this being an advantage to them Google “left handed clan Kerr”) - and, even in our own days, some scientists in the UK did a survey of people surnamed Kerr/Carr/Keir and found that the percentage of left-handers among them was about 4 times higher than in the general population.
What about the lords of the isles Macdonald! Per mara per terras - by land by sea is the motto of arguably one of the oldest, largest and most powerful Scottish families in history.
McDonald 👋
@@tallycahamuhlhetru26being a MacDonald I have seen it both ways but Mac does mean “son of”
My Clan Ballie motto; “What is brighter than the stars?”
My grandmother was a Bailey. Cheers from Virginia, cousin
@@ipoopexelence Hello their cousin! Yeah I may very well have family in Virginia! The oddest thing is here in Knoxville, their are many differing Bailey families, including my own, that show “no immediate relation.” But it’s spelled the same and we can all trace it the same?? It’s like their was some unspoken of older generation spilt that happened for some reason and now even Boomer Bailey’s wouldn’t have the slightest idea. I haven’t asked my Grandfather this though either, I am just assuming.
So many brilliant clan motto's in the comments! "Jamais Arriere" is one I'm particularly fond of.
I’m a Bell
My ancestors were Clan Bell from the highlands north England south
Scotland ‘ I Beir the bell ‘ my families motto
"One way, one heart"
-Clan McCord
VIRTUTIS GLORIA MERCES and of course our battle cry GARG 'N UAIR DHUISGEAR
Furth, Fortune and Fill the Fetters.
Meaning, roughly,
"Go forth against your enemies, have good fortune, and return with captives."
“Stand Sure” is based as hell.
"Timor Omnis Abesto." Meaning "Let fear be far from all" is my clans (MCNABB) motto.
Hey cousin! Mom is a Macnab!
Virtutis Gloria Merces. Glory is the Reward of Valor is the official translation. I think it means Virtues and Beauty are their own Rewards.
Clan Hume: True to the End. Verum Usque in Finem
Are you a Hume?
@@sharongilligan8813 yes, on my moms side, and my dads side is Blackfoot Indian.
@@Crowwtf Hume - my Mom's side. Blackfoot Indian - Montana? my dads family married Miami tribe folks - Oklahoma territory
Clan MacAulay "Dulce Periculum," meaning "sweet danger."
I like the way I've seen it translated, Danger is Sweet.
"Dulcius Ex Asperis"
("Sweeter after Difficulty")
Crawford " Tutum te robore reddam" with my strength I will grant you safety "
This is my Family Clan, I'm a Direct Descendent of the Crawford Family I even still Carry the Crawford name 😁
Cave Adsum is my family motto and we are proud of our Scottish Heritage
yeah!
You just showed the Kisimul Castle for the MacDougalls, but it's the MacNeils. The MacNeil's motto is the same "Victory or Death" but The MacDougals have nothing to do with Barra or our castle.
"Your Shout" my Scottish mate from the Pub Clan......😂....🦘
You left out the best one. Grip Fast- Leslie. Comes from Sir John Leslie saving Mary Queen of Scots from being swept away in a river and ultimately her death. They were crossing a river on horse back and she fell off. He grabbed her by her belt and got her to shore.
The lions anger is appropriate. (Ingels)
My familys gotta have one of the best. Just "Suffer"
"Cordo Serrata Pando"
To lay open locked hearts
- Clan Lockhart (Lockard)
Always ready/Never unprepared
The motto of the family Johnston
NUMQUAM NON PARATUS 🏴🏴🏴
HOC MAJOURUM VIRTUS "THIS IS VALOUR OF MY ANCESTORS"
Fide et fortitudine (By fidelity and fortitude) Shaw Motto
"A fin" To The End, Clan Ogilvie
A motto I like well is “FIDE ET VIRTUTE” (“BY FAITH AND VALOR”) -
the Gladstone motto.
For once Clan Chisholm (Siosal) makes an appearance
A Fin - To The End (Ogilvy Clan)
Steve Rogers(Captain America) was an honorary Clan member, *probably*
Hoc Virtus Majorum - this is the Valour of my ancestors
My favorite is definitely my own family's clan motto, "Luceo Non Uro" which means "I shine not burn" it is a very fitting motto for me.
MY HOPE IS CONSTANT IN THEE--Clan Ranald
All scottish clans (and from Ireland as well)'re beatifuls and braves
Bruv really 😅 your gunna do the rest of the Celts like that 😅 I mean I get it but dam tht is cold
"Aim at high things" Fletcher clan & "Frontier boldly " macalister clan
Burnett Motto: Virescit Vulnere Virtus (Courage Increases at the Wound)
Clan Leslie: "Grip Fast".
Grip Fast is on my arm. Along with coat of arms and shield.
"Under The Shadow Of Thy Wings", Clan Lauder. My photo is our sign.
My clans motto is "sub sole nihil" it means "under the sun, nothing"
I have a buddy who is of clan gunn
We love to represent our clans when we compete in the highland games
Clan MacLaren here. "Creag an Tuirc (The boar's rock)"
Don't forget the two mottos of Clan Murray!
Tout Prét (Quite Ready)
Furth, Fortune, and Fill the Fetters (Go Forth an Conquer, get Plunder, and take Captives)
My clan is Cameron "For king and country" and the current one is "Let us unite" but I think we have the best battle cry "Sons of the hounds come hither and get flesh"
What up Anderson!
"Sto pro veritatae" or, "I stand for the Truth" - Clan Guthrie
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Manu Forti (with a strong hand) Clan Mackay
Clan MacKinnon: Audentes Fortuna Juvat; "Fortune Favors the Bold."
have to add my own clan, Farquharson: "Fide Et Fortitudine" (Battlecry: Caern na Cuimhne- pronounced carn na quheen Caern of Remembrance) and the motto "I force nae freen, I fear nae foe". add the Chattan motto: Touch not the cat bot a glove.
Great video!! Would you happen to know the motto for clan Gordon? Thank you!
Clan Mackay. Manu Forti, "With a Strong Hand"
S Rioghal Mo Dhream! Grigorach!! Ard Chiolle!!!
This ( the crown) I'll Defend.
Clan Macfarlane❤❤❤❤
Death over Dishonour - House Westford (Game of Thrones)
Clan MacKay (my family spelling is McKee): "Manu Forti"... English Translation: "With a Strong Hand".
My family spelling is McKee, too.
As a MacNeil of Barra clan member my favourite clan motto is Buaidh No Bas which I have a tattoo of on my right arm and i also like vincere vel mori
My great gran was a Murray
Pes Mortis Genu Vivo (It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees) Motto of the Lundie clan
"Ya owe me a fiver, McTavish!"
Clan Craig-- Live that you should live forever
Clan Fraser of Lovat "Je suis Pres"
I am ready...
MacDougall decendant here. Victory or death.
Here here
Vil God I shall .......God willing I shall - Clan Menzies 🏴
my favorite clan motto is We Saved the King
Clan McNab "Timor Omnis Abesto " - Let fear be far from all!
My particular clan motto Non Soli translates as No alone .I could never catch the significants.
Perhaps... Never alone?
Dum Spiro Spero
"While I breathe I hope".
That's my family's motto!
It's carried me through some dark times! I'm in my mid-50s, and still going.
You must be a fellow McLennan
@@chazzerbox131
Yes, but it was corrupted in America. My branch came in two waves; 1695 and after the '45. I'm not certain exactly which group I belong to. But they're my people!
@@user-pb2vo4pt3t ahh I see yes well I’m from the Scotland but I did see their was a county named McLennan in Texas pretty cool and I know family in Canada and see variations of the name in many Commonwealth Nations we went everywhere 😂
@@chazzerbox131
I was checking...
I had an Uncle that did some research many years ago. Checking his notes, we came in through Charleston South Carolina in the 1695 wave. Naturally, they headed into the Appalachian mountains; spreading through what would become North and South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky. My own line settled in Northern Alabama in the Scottsboro area (fitting name!🤣) They stayed there for hundreds of years.
In 1908, my great grandfather and his brother moved to North Texas. They chartered a train to move everything.
The train had mechanical problems in Clarksville TX. While waiting for repairs, they toured the area, and the brother decided to stay there. So that group did. I have kin there I haven't met! My great grandfather pushed on to their original planned destination; Bowie, TX ("Boo-wee" here!) My grandfather was an infant during this move; born that March. He passed away in 1979. I left Bowie in '92. Lived all over the Country. Spent 25 years in Wyoming; loving every minute of it! But the Winters are brutal. I'm pushing 60 with a heart condition. I don't need to shovel snow anymore, so two years ago I moved South.
But I do miss Wyoming!
I realize Scots just belong in mountains!🤣
@@chazzerbox131
I have thought about changing mine back to the original spelling _MacLennan._ But haven't done anything more. It's a hassle of paperwork!
Yes, I knew about that county in Texas. One branch came to Texas early! One fought in the Texas Revolution at the battle of San Jacinto! I don't know which branch of the family tree that was, but they're ours too! 😅
Wallace- "Pro Liberta" For Liberty
Clan Duncan - disce pati - "Learn to suffer"
Dig deeper in the macduff clan. Dig for the information.
Clan Ferguson Dulcius Ex Asperis · Translation: Sweeter Out Of Difficulties ·
MacLellan - Think On
“Stand Sure”, my family (Anderson) motto
Good video! With so many great mottos, it's hard to pick just 10.
Clan Baird: Pro Patria (For My Country)
Clan Barclay: Aut Agere aut Mori (Do or Die)
Clan Wallace: Pro Libertate (For Liberty)
Thought about doing some Irish names? Can't leave out our cousins!
" I Shine, Not Burn": Clan. MacKenzie
Shand
“With Valour My Leader, and Good Fortune My Companion”