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Slogan (heraldry)

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The slogan CREAG AN TUIRC appears on the crest badge of a member of Clan MacLaren.
Arms of Brady Brim-DeForest, Baron of Balvaird with the motto above the crest and war cry or slogan below.

A slogan is used in Scottish heraldry as a heraldic motto or a secondary motto. It usually appears above the crest on a coat of arms, though sometimes it appears as a secondary motto beneath the shield.[1] The word slogan dates from 1513. It is a variant of the earlier slogorn, which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (sluagh "army", "host" + gairm "cry").[2] In other regions it is called a war-cry.[3]

Mottoes and heraldry

There are several possible origins for mottoes used in heraldry, and slogans may have originated from battle cries or war cries. There are several notable heraldic mottoes which are thought to originate from a war cries. For example, the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom contains the motto Template:Lang ("God and my right") which has been thought to originated as a war cry, as has the motto Template:Lang which appeared on the former French coat of arms.Template:Efn Several mottoes found in Irish heraldry, which end in a boo, are also thought to have originated as war cries. Examples of such Irish mottoes are Template:Lang of the Fitzgerald earls of Leinster; and Template:Lang of the Fitzgerald earls of Desmond.[1][4]

Not all slogans are based on war cries. Many slogans pertaining to Scottish clan chiefs have been registered relatively recently at the Court of the Lord Lyon. Sometimes slogans are merely a name, such as A HOME A HOME A HOME of the Homes, others refer to a rallying point for the clan, like Template:Lang of the Campbells, some slogans refer to a prominent clansman like the Maclean Template:Lang ("Another for Hector"). In at least one case, a patron saint is used as a slogan, as in St Bennet and Set On of the Setons.[1][5] The arms of Grant use two slogans (or mottoes): Template:Lang, which appears above the crest; and STANDFAST, which appears beneath on a scroll beneath the shield.[1] Sometimes a clan chief's slogan appears on his crest badge and in consequence on the crest badges worn by his clan members. In some cases the chief's slogan also appears on his standard, guidon and pinsel.[6]

Slogans

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Clan or title Slogan [7] Notes
Anstruther CASTLE DREEL [8]
Arthur Template:Lang [9] (from Scottish Gaelic: "Listen o listen") Appears in the second compartment of the current chief's Arms.[9]
Barclay Template:Lang [8]
Borthwick A BORTHWICK [8]
Bruce Template:Lang [8] Latin: "We have been".
Buchanan Template:Lang An island in Loch Lomond.[10]
Buchan AUCHMACOY [8] Refers to the clan seat in Auchmacoy.
Cameron Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Sons of the hounds come here and get flesh") [10]
Campbell Template:Lang Previously thought to refer to Ben Cruachan near Loch Awe. The slogan actually refers to a farm on the west coast of Loch Awe, opposite Innischonnell Castle.[11]
Colquhoun Template:Lang Refers to a mountain near Rossdhu, former seat of the chiefs of the clan.[12]
Cranstoun COREHOUSE [8] Refers to the clan seat in Corehouse.
Donnachaidh Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Fierce when roused") [10]
Drummond GANG WARILY [8]
Farquharson Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Cairn of remembrance") [10]
Forbes Template:Lang A mountain in Strathdon. [10]
Forsyth Template:Lang [8] Latin: "A repairer of ruin"
Fraser Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Restorer of Ruins") [10]
Template:Lang Castle Downie.[10]
Gordon Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "A Gordon") [10]
Grant Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The rock of alarm")
Gregor Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Height of the wood", or "High wood") [10]
Grierson LAG [8]
Hannay SORBIE [8]
Hay THE HAY [8]
Henderson FORDELL [8]
Highlanders in general Template:Lang [13]
Johnstone LOCHWOOD [8]
Keith A KEITH [8]
Kerr Template:Lang Latin: Late but in earnest
Kincaid A KINCAID [8]
King of Scotland St. Andrew! [13]
Lamont Template:Lang [8]
Lennox THE LENNOX [8]
Leslie Template:Lang [8]
Lumsden A LUMSDEN [8]
Macdonald Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The Heathery Isle") [10] The slogan appears on a compartment in the current chief's Arms.[14] The slogan refers to an island in the Sound of Islay.[11]
Macdonald of Clanranald Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Gainsay who dare") [10] The slogan appears on a compartment in the current chief's Arms.[15]
Macdonell of Glengarry Template:Lang [16] (from Scottish Gaelic: "The raven's rock") [10] The slogan appears in an Escroll over the Arms of the current chief.[16]
MacDonald of Keppoch Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "God and St. Andrew") [10] The slogan appears as a second motto in a lower Escroll on the current chief's Arms.[17]
MacDougall Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Victory or Death") [10]
Macfarlane Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The loch of the host") [10]
Macgillivray Template:Lang The name of the chief's castle. [10]
Mackay Template:Lang [18] (from Scottish Gaelic: "The white banner of The Mackay") [10]
Mackenzie Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The High Hillock") [10]
Mackinnon Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Remember the death of Alpin") [10]
Mackintosh Template:Lang Loch Moy, a loch near the seat of the clan chiefs.[10]
MacLaren Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The boar's rock") [10]
Maclean Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Death or life") [10]
Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Another for Hector") [10]
MacLennan Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The ridge of tears") [10]
MacMillan Template:Lang [18] (from Scottish Gaelic: "Knap")
Macnab Template:Lang The old Macnab duthus.[10]
Macnaghten Frechelan A castle on Loch Awe.[10]
MacNeil Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Victory or Death") [10]
Macpherson Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The black rock") Located near Cluny.[10]
Macquarrie Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The Red Speckled (or spotted) Army") [10]
Macrae Template:Lang A mountain in Kintail near Loch Duich. It is one of the "Five Sisters of Kintail". [19]
Matheson Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The Field of the Two Declivities") [10]
Menzies Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Up with the Red and White") [10]
Morrison Template:Lang [20] Dùn Èistean, sometimes Anglicised as "Hugh's Castle".[10] The slogan appears on the chief's Arms (on a compartment below the shield).[20]
Munro Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "Foulis Castle on fire") [10]
Murray Furth fortune and fill the fetters (from Scots: "go forth against your enemies, have good fortune, and return with captives")
Stewart of Appin Template:Lang (from Scottish Gaelic: "The Cormorant's Rock") A rock in Appin.[10]
Sutherland Template:Lang A bridge at Dunrobin. [10]

Notes

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Citations

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Template:Harvp
  2. ↑ Template:Harvp
  3. ↑ war-cries on heraldica.org
  4. ↑ Template:Harvp
  5. ↑ Template:Harvp
  6. ↑ Template:Cite web
  7. ↑ Unless otherwise noted the reference for all slogans in this column is from Template:Harvp.
  8. ↑ 8.00 8.01 8.02 8.03 8.04 8.05 8.06 8.07 8.08 8.09 8.10 8.11 8.12 8.13 8.14 8.15 8.16 8.17 8.18 Template:Cite web This webpage claims to cite Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 Template:Cite web
  10. ↑ 10.00 10.01 10.02 10.03 10.04 10.05 10.06 10.07 10.08 10.09 10.10 10.11 10.12 10.13 10.14 10.15 10.16 10.17 10.18 10.19 10.20 10.21 10.22 10.23 10.24 10.25 10.26 10.27 10.28 10.29 10.30 10.31 10.32 10.33 10.34 Template:Harvp
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Template:Harvp
  12. ↑ Template:Harvp
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 Template:Citation
  14. ↑ Template:Cite web This website cites: "Lyon Register (Volume 36, Folio 44)" for the Arms of Godfrey James Macdonald of Macdonald.
  15. ↑ Template:Cite web This website cites "Lyon Register (Volume 42, Folio 21)" for the Arms of Ranald Alexander Macdonald of Clanranald.
  16. ↑ 16.0 16.1 Template:Cite web This website cites "Lyon Register (Volume 1, Folio 576)" for the Arms of Aeneas Ranald Euan MacDonell
  17. ↑ Template:Cite web The Arms are of Ranald Alasdair MacDonald of Keppoch.
  18. ↑ 18.0 18.1 Template:Cite web This webpage claims to cite Scottish Clan & Family Encyclopedia.
  19. ↑ Template:Cite web
  20. ↑ 20.0 20.1 Template:Cite web This website gives the Arms of the current chief's grandfather John Morrison of Ruchdi.


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