While I’m personally happy with the MacLachlans having two plant badges, the rowan (Sorbus aucuparia aka European Mountain Ash) and the periwinkle (vinca minor), I’ve never seen any reference to when or where these plants were originally associated with Clan MacLachlan. Is there a sheepskin scroll in gaelic somewhere linking these plants to the surname or is this another invention similar to the tartan fraud of the Sobieski Stuarts? Perhaps it’s merely a product of the revival of interest in things Scottish attributed to Queen Victoria’s visit to Scotland early in her reign.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
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