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	<title>The Scottish Clans</title>
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		<title>Wood</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Motto:	Defend
Origin of Name:	French
Clan Lands:	North Esk, Largo Bay &#038; 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 â€˜Chief of the Name and Armsâ€™.  This [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-scottish-clans.com/wood</link>
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		<title>Wemyss</title>
		<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. Wemyss has been the seat of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-scottish-clans.com/wemyss</link>
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		<title>Wallace</title>
		<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, as is often thought, a Welshman coming in the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-scottish-clans.com/wallace</link>
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		<title>Urquhart</title>
		<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 the district of Urquhart which can be found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-scottish-clans.com/urquhart</link>
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		<title>Sutherland</title>
		<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 Sutherlandâ€™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 conquered much of the Scottish mainland north of Inverness. The family are thought [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.the-scottish-clans.com/sutherland</link>
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