Scottish Motto Poem by Tom Billsborough

Scottish Motto

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Touch not ye a gloveless cat
Nor grab by its tail a rat
The warning is there
So let them beware
Our motto is lurking in that.

Tom Billsborough
Sunday, September 11, 2016
Topic(s) of this poem: knowledge
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One of the first two lines contains the slightly adapted Motto of a Scottish Clan. Which line and can you name the Clan it belongs to?
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Sumit Ganguly 12 September 2016

Asteigh air an data cluais's amach air a' chluais eile- Scottish Gaelic proverb meaning 'In at one ear, out at the other.' Enjoyed the poem.

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Tom Billsborough 12 September 2016

You know more Gaelic than I do, Sumit. My son in law is Irish and can speak the Gaelic tongue, I think it sounds so beautiful when sung.

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Sumit Ganguly 12 September 2016

Asteig air an data cluais's amack air a chluais eile- Scottish Gaelic proverb means in at one year, out at the other. Nevertheless enjoyed the poem.

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Sophie Blair 12 September 2016

I like your style. Well done.

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Tom Billsborough 12 September 2016

Thanks, Sophie. Yours is a new name on my horizon. Must have a look at your poems today.

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