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		<title>Wood</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motto: Tutus in Undis Origin of Name: French Clan Lands: North Esk, Largo Bay &#38; Angus History The erroneous notion that clans are Highland groups and families are Lowland units is very much a Victorian one. In fact, the terms are interchangeable, and many a Lowland laird has held from the Lyon Court the title [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wemyss</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motto: Je pense (I think) Origin of Tartan: The &#8220;Vestiarium Scoticum&#8221; History The name of Wemyss is derived from the Gaelic &#8216;uaimh&#8217; meaning &#8216;cave&#8217;. On the coast of Fife, below the ruin known as MacDuff&#8217;s Castle are caves containing Pictish paintings and it is thought that these gave rise to local place name of Wemyss. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wallace</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: Uallas Motto: Pro liberate (For liberty) Badge: Oak Lands: Ayrshire and Renfrewshire Origin of Name: From Volcae, a tribe in North Gaul History In old Latin documents the term Walensis is used to designate the Welsh, but in Scotland is more commonly used as a native name meaning a Strathclyde Briton and not, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Urquhart</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: Urchurdan Motto: Meane weil speak weil and doe weil Badge: Wallflower Lands: Ross-shire and Inverness-shire Origin of Name: Placename, Ross-shire History The name Urquhart is considered to be of Gaelic origin and has been variously translated as &#8220;by a rowan wood&#8221; or &#8220;fort on a knoll&#8221;. The Urquhart family derive their name from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sutherland</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: Sutherlarach Motto: Sans Peur (Without fear) Badge: Cotton Sedge Lands: Sutherland Origin of Name: Placename, Scotland Pipe Music: The Earl of Sutherland&#8217;s March History The Earldom of Sutherland is claimed to be the oldest in Britain. The Sutherland clan derive their name from the territory known as Sudrland by the Norsemen who had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Stewart</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: StiÃ¹bhard Motto: Virescit vulnere virtus (Courage grows strong at a wound) Badge: Thistle Lands: Renfrewshire, Teviotdale and Lauderdale Origin of Name: From the High Steward of Scotland Pipe Music: Bratach Bhan nan Stiubhartach (The white banner of the Stewarts) History The Stewart family records its traditional descent from Banquo, Thane of Lochaber, who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Skene</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: MacSgian Motto: Virtutis regia merces (A palace the reward of bravery) Lands: Skene Origin of Name: Placename, Aberdeenshire History The family of Skene is thought to be an exceptionally early sept of Clan Donnachaidh, from before it adopted the name Robertson. The Skene clan is known in Gaelic as Siol Sgeine or Clann [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sinclair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:36:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: Mac na Ceardadh Motto: Commit thy work to God Badge: Whin Lands: Midlothian, Orkney and Caithness Origin of Name: Placename, French de Sancto Claro Pipe Music: Spaidsearachd Mhic nan Cearda (The Sinclair&#8217;s March) History St. Clare in Pont d&#8217;Eveque in Normandy is generally thought to be the birthplace of this great northern clan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Shaw</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gaelic Name: Mac Ghille Sheathanaich Motto: Fide et fortitudine (By fidelity and fortitude) Badge: Red whortleberry Lands: Strathspey Origin of Name: Gaelic, Seaghdha (Pithful) History The Shaw clan is derived from Shaw MacDuff, who was a younger son of the Thane of Fife. Shaw was made keeper of the royal castle of Inverness and his [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Seton</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Sep 2006 17:35:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Motto: Hazard yet forward Badge: Yew Origin of Tartan: From the &#8220;Vestiarium Scoticum&#8221; History It is generally thought that the name of Seton derives from the village of Sai, near Exmes in Normandy. Another school of thought, however, argues that the clan derives its name from the &#8216;sea town&#8217; of Tranent, near Edinburgh. The family [...]]]></description>
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