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![]() Our Mission
The Clan Donnachaidh* International website has been
created to keep members and friends around the world informed about Clan
programs, events and items of general interest. A list of our Clan
surnames will be found under "Robertson Septs". "Current News" will be
updated on a regular basis.
Thistle...popular name for many spiny and
usually weedy plants, but especially applied to members of the family
Asteraceae (aster family) that have spiny leaves and often showy heads
of purple, rose, white, or yellow flowers followed by thistledown seeds
(a favorite food of the goldfinch). The Scotch thistle (variously
identified, but most often as Onopordum acanthium, now cultivated
as an ornamental) is the badge of the Scottish Order of the Thistle and
the national emblem of Scotland. The blessed thistle, or
St.-Benedict’s-thistle (Cnicus benedictus, the Carduus
benedictus of Shakespeare’s Much Ado about Nothing, iii:4)
was at one time a heal-all and is still sometimes used medicinally. billrobertson@donnachaidhinternational.com webmaster@donnachaidhinternational.com last updated: 06/30/2008 |
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