Latin and Family Mottos

Re: Scots Clan Motto!! Need Help!!!

Posted By: James Simpson
Date: Sunday, 22 August 2004, at 4:11 a.m.

In Response To: Re: Scots Clan Motto!! Need Help!!! (Dev Boone)

The royal coat of arms in Scotland has the Latin motto "Nemo me impune lacessit". The English translation of this is "Nobody interferes with me with impunity" and this is often defiantly expressed in broad Scots as "Wha daur meddle wi' me?" which is the title of this anonymous poem. But on this occasion it is being aggressively repeated by a member of the Elliot family, one of the Border families who not only fought their neighbours but were part of the first line of defence against marauding English invaders - and could sometimes defy the Scottish monarch as well!

Find also the poem at http://www.rampantscotland.com/poetry/blpoems_daur.htm

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Gillesibub -- Monday, 4 August 2003, at 4:41 p.m.

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Robert Baxter -- Monday, 4 August 2003, at 4:53 p.m.

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JANET OROSZ -- Tuesday, 9 September 2003, at 7:16 a.m.

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Dev Boone -- Monday, 12 January 2004, at 6:34 a.m.

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James Simpson -- Sunday, 22 August 2004, at 4:11 a.m.

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James Simpson -- Sunday, 22 August 2004, at 4:18 a.m.