A Victorian era, romantic depiction of a Highlander, clothed in a belted plaid, by R. R. McIan. The Highlander depicted is a MacLennan, who is wearing a sprig of furze as his clan badge.
A clan badge, sometimes called a plant badge, is a badge or emblem, usually a sprig of a specific plant, that is used to identify a member of a particular Scottish clan.[1] They are usually worn affixed to the bonnet[2] behind the Scottish crest badge,[3] or pinned at the shoulder of a lady's tartan sash. According to popular lore clan badges were used by Scottish clans as a means of identification in battle. An authentic example of plants being used in this way (though not by a clan) were the sprigs of oats used by troops under the command of Montrose during the sack of Aberdeen. Similar items are known to have been used by military forces in Scotland, like paper, or the "White Cockade" (a bunch of white ribbon) of the Jacobites.[4]
^Highland Heritage: Scottish Americans in the American South; p.39; By Celeste Ray; Published 2001 UNC Press; ISBN 0-8078-4913-8; see
^Antiquity; p.42; By Nederlands Instituut te Rome; Published 1949 Antiquity Publications; see
^The Clans, Septs, and Regiments of the Scottish Highlands; p.544; By Frank Adam, Thomas Innes of Learney; Published (1965) Johnston & Bacon
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A clan badge, sometimes called a plantbadge, is a badge or emblem, usually a sprig of a specific plant, that is used to identify a member of a particular...
including, when known, their heraldic crest badges, tartans, mottoes, and other information. The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based...
Weil." The crest is taken from the chief's coat of arms. The clan's plantbadge is cheiranthus (Latin name Erysimum cheiri), a wildflower that is native...
badge, or plantbadge. These badges consist merely of sprigs of a specific plant, sometimes worn behind the crest badge on a bonnet. The clan badge of...
crest badge is CONSTANT AND FAITHFUL. Another badge sometimes used by clan members is a clan badge (or plantbadge). Several different clan badges have...
rìoghail mo dhream, which is Scottish Gaelic for 'Royal is my race'. Plantbadge: Scots pine, a conifer native to Scotland. Many tartans are associated...
means "strawberry" in French and such popular etymologies explain many badges and coats of arms. The first Fraser to appear in Scotland was in about 1160...
upon completion of the U.S. Army Nuclear Power Plant Operators Course. The Nuclear Reactor Operator Badge was worn on dress uniforms and also on duty uniforms...
and problems during pregnancy.[citation needed] Scotch Broom is the PlantBadge of Clan Forbes. Order of the Broom-cod Cytisus scoparius "Scotch Broom"...
motto FORTITUDINE, meaning "with fortitude";, or the more authentic plantbadge of a real sprig of club moss. sometimes referred to as staghorn grass...
by a royal crown. The crowned and slipped Tudor rose is used as the plantbadge of England, as Scotland uses the thistle, Wales uses the leek, and Ireland...
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Monadh croibhe which is Scottish Gaelic for Hill of the sacred bough. The plantbadge of the clan is the oak and this presumably comes from the sacred tree...
Endure Fort (Endure bravely) Profile Region Lowlands District Angus Plantbadge Lime Tree Chief Anthony Lindsay 30th Earl of Crawford and 13th Earl of...
Latin: "Revela Domino opera tua") Chief's crest: A cock rampant Clan plantbadge: Whin Lands: Midlothian, Orkney and Caithness Gaelic Name: Mac na Ceardadh...
Scottish clans use crest badges, clan badges (plantbadges) and tartan as symbols to represent themselves. The crest badge suitable for members of Clan...
a cubit arm naked proper, the hand grasping a dagger hilted Or. The plantbadge of Clan Morrison is driftweed. There are several tartans attributed to...
peace or war) Profile Region Highlands District Sutherland and Caithness Plantbadge Juniper Pipe music Failte na’n Guinnach (The Gunns' Salute) Chief Iain...
cat bot a glove." — archaic Profile Region Highlands District Badenoch Plantbadge White Heather Chief James Brodie Macpherson of Cluny, 7th of Blairgowrie...
Take The Good Old Way" (Scottish Gaelic: Gabhaidh Sinn An Rathad Mór). PlantBadge: White Heather., Although this account (with certain variations) appears...
"Sapienter si sincere", translated as "Wisely if sincerely" Profile Plantbadge Boxwood or Red Whortleberry Pipe music Failte Thighearna Thulaich ("Tulloch's...
winged Or Motto Grip fast Profile Region Lowlands District Aberdeenshire Plantbadge Rue Chief Hon. Alexander Leslie Seat Wardhill Castle Historic seat Balquhain...
The motto translates from Latin as "while i breathe i hope". Clan badge: The plantbadge of Clan MacLennan is furze. Clan tartan: Clans MacLennan and Logan...
The Red Rose of Lancaster (blazoned: a rose gules) was the heraldic badge adopted by the royal House of Lancaster in the 14th century. In modern times...
one of the attributed arms of the legendary King Arthur. A modern crest badge, suitable for wear by a member of Clan Arthur contains the chief's heraldic...
has been no claimant to the chiefship. Plantbadge: Red Whortleberry Latin vaccinium vitis-idaea Crest badge: A cat salient, proper. Clan's motto: Touch...
is Sarah Grierson of Lag, the first female to hold this role. The crest badge of the Griersons contains the Latin motto: Hoc Securior which may be translated...
of the Black Willow) Profile Region Highlands District Dunbartonshire Plantbadge Hazel saplings. Pipe music The Colquhoun's March Chief Sir Malcolm Rory...
having passed earlier to the Craufurds of Jordanhill. The modern crest badge of a member of Clan Crawford contains the crest: a stag's head erased Gules...
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