The Keith
Badge and Tartan
- Arms: Quarterly, 1st & 4th, Argent, on
chief Gules three pallets Or (Keith);
2nd, Azure, a falcon displayed between three mullets Argent, on his breast a
man's heart Gules (Falconer of Halerton); 3rd, per pale engrailed Gules and
Or, a boar passant counterchanged (Baird of Ury); overall on an escutcheon
Gules a sceptre and sword in saltire with an Imperial Crown between the
upper corners all Proper, within an orle of eight thistles slipped near the
head Or, ensigned with an Earl's coronet (augmentation for services in
preservation of the Honours of Scotland)
- Badge: Sinister, out of a Crest Coronet Or, a
roebuck's head Proper, attired Or
- Motto:
Veritas vincit (Truth prevails)
- Plant Badge:
White rose
- Tartan:
Keith (also known as Keith and
Austin)
- Septs:
Achindachy, Astine, Aston, Austen, Austie, Austin,
Cate, Dick, Dickson, Dickison, Dicson, Dixon, Dixson, Falconer, Falconor,
Faulkner, Harvie, Harvey, Harvie, Hervey, Haxton, Hurrie, Hurry, Keath,
Keech, Keeth, Kite, Lumgain, Lumgaine, Lumgair, MacDick, MacDicken(s),
MacDickin(s), MacDickie, MacDicky, MacDickson, MacGeath, MacKeetch, MacKeeth,
MacKeith, MacKeithan, MacKeth, Mackett, MacNeithan, Marshall, Urrie, Urry
Tartan is an art form -- emotive and subjective. It has
even been described as a three-dimensional sculpture in wool.
District Tartans
Gordon Teall of Teallach & Philip D. Smith, Jr.
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2 |
| Here's to it, |
The fair have sighed for
it, |
| The fighting sheen of it, |
The brave have died for
it, |
| The yellow, the green of
it, |
Foemen sought for it, |
| The white, the blue of
it, |
Heroes fought for it, |
| The swing, the hue of it, |
Honour the name of it, |
| The dark, the red of it, |
Drink to the fame of it- |
| Every thread of it! |
The Tartan! |
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by Murdoch Maclean |
Picture of the Keith Badge
Computer generated renditions:
The Keith Standard
Revised Oct. 23, 2000
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