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    Quote Originally Posted by figheadair View Post

    Here is the inscription with the spelling corrected and annotated in bold:

    Eadhon dean agus na caomhain idir

    Cuimhne am bas

    Air a cuir suas le Domhnaull MacGrigair saor ann a maidhcheadh a mar chuimhneachan air Anna NichCaura a bhean a dheug air a cheud latha do June anns a’bhlidhna 1793 tri bliadhna deug agus da fhichead a’ dhaois agus Catrina NichGregair air a nighean a dheug air an aon latha a deug do Novr anns a’bhliadhna 1783 ceithir bliadhna a’dhois

    So, what do you, what do you find of particular interest and why?
    "Even do, and spare not" motto of MacGregor. From The Adventures of Rob Roy.

    Excerpt with phrase highlighted:
    It chanced that on a day in summer, King
    David I., of Scotland, was hunting with Malcolm
    MacGregor, the eighth chief of Clan Alpine, on the
    side of Cruachin, when a wild boar, of marvellous
    strength, size, and ferocity, appeared in a rugged
    defile. It at once assailed the monarch, whose
    hunting-spear broke and left him at its mercy ; but
    instead of rushing forward, the boar retired to whet
    its tusks against the rocks, so Malcolm craved the
    king's permission to attack it.


    "E'en do," said the king; but spaire nocht !"
    "Eadhon dean agus na caomhain!" shouted
    MacGregor, translating the king's lowland Scottish
    into Gaelic, as he tore up a young tree by the roots,
    and kept the boar at bay until he could close with
    it and bury his long dagger in its throat. At the
    third stab he slew it.


    Also on another gravestone http://www.ancestor.abel.co.uk/Angus/p/562.jpg
    Last edited by California Highlander; 28th July 14 at 06:38 AM. Reason: added except

    Clan Mackintosh North America / Clan Chattan Association
    Cormack, McIntosh, Gow, Finlayson, Farquar, Waters, Swanson, Ross, Oag, Gilbert, Munro, Turnbough,
    McElroy, McCoy, Mackay, Henderson, Ivester, Castles, Copeland, MacQueen, McCumber, Matheson, Burns,
    Wilson, Campbell, Bartlett, Munro - a few of the ancestral names, mainly from the North-east of Scotland




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