Scotsman.com has an article today on Scottish clan mottoes, the best of which is given in a caption:
The motto of the Clan MacPherson with its modern-day translation urging its clanspeople to "Touch not the cat without a glove". [Link]
The MacBeans are even warier of felines, urging us to "Touch not the cat without a shield."More animal insights may be found here, such as "The eagle does not catch flies," "Flying, I despise reptiles," and "Dinna waken sleeping dogs"—surely a variant of the perennially popular "Never wake a sleeping baby."
