Is X Marks the Scot a Clan?

[Sean_the_Kilted]

Quite the interesting thread. It looks like it struck a lot of people the right way. The motto and plant sound good. Just curious but why do clans have clan plants? i admit to being ignorant of the ins and outs of clan symbols. What about having a X marks clan animal or mineral? We could have the mallard (the most common type of duck) or maybe a coyote for an animal. Simular to the dandelion idea, an animal that is found in many different areas and environments. Can't think of a good mineral.

[Mike1]

Sean, the plant badge was used as an identifying symbol to other individuals.

[ChromeScholar]

It's easier to stick a dandelion in your hat than it is to put a coyote or a lump of granite on your head. When the plant badge came into being, plaids weren't used to identify kinship.

[LordKiltClad]

Jaime's War Cry...

It's Maroon!!!!!!!!

Clan X war cry...
Let the Jones Begin!!!

[auld argonian]

I don't want to seem negative but...

...it just occurred to me that it isn't going to be easy to find dandelions in January in the Midwestern USA. I doubt that I'll find very many florists that will be stocking them any time of the year. After much effort I've found the minimally invasive (least poison) way to eliminate them from my own lawn so I'll have to poach a few from the local park.

Best

AA

[Luckey]

I don't want to seem negative but...

...it just occurred to me that it isn't going to be easy to find dandelions in January in the Midwestern USA. I doubt that I'll find very many florists that will be stocking them any time of the year. After much effort I've found the minimally invasive (least poison) way to eliminate them from my own lawn so I'll have to poach a few from the local park.

Best

AA

Actually if you go to a fairly well stocked produce dept. at a large grocery store, in Michigan it would be a Meijers, they usually have dandelions in stock for salads and such...no flowers but greens anyway.

[LordKiltClad]

I don't want to seem negative but...

...it just occurred to me that it isn't going to be easy to find dandelions in January in the Midwestern USA. I doubt that I'll find very many florists that will be stocking them any time of the year. After much effort I've found the minimally invasive (least poison) way to eliminate them from my own lawn so I'll have to poach a few from the local park.

Best

AA

At ren fairs and other highland events I've seen people with the silk variety of there clan plant. My wife had even located a company online that makes a ton of different varieties of flower and plant from silk. Might have to locate that bookmark from her computer when I get home and post it here.

[Captain]

Why in the world have you been killing off our clan plant?? For shame!

[ChromeScholar]

Because they're edible and can be made into an adequate alcoholic beverage...

[Captain]

I dunno, I did the play Dandelion wine in high school and we may have snuck a case of said wine to the cast party and may have not enjoyed the taste at all... Then again that was probably my 2nd alcoholic beverage ever, but it's not remembered fondly...

On topic though, I really like this whole idea of X Marks being a clan...

I have researched my lineage and being mostly of Irish descent I have a clan that my ancestors were a member of only by shear luck of geography and I don't know any of the other current members (expect the little conversation I've had with someone here on X Marks) and I have yet to see the benefit of paying them to become an official part of the clan...

Whereas X Marks represents people from all walks of life with whom I share a common bond and converse regularly, both online and off... it feels more like a clan to me than the clan I should be a part of.