Is X Marks the Scot a Clan?

**Alaskan Kilted Guy** · 16th August 07, 05:20 PM

I am just grateful to have a forum, community, society, club, or clan, that I have been welcomed to. A place to talk about the kilt, and the kilted lifestyle. I appreciate the folks here, and their opinions and thoughts.

In parting a quote from Jane Howard, a US "journalist, writer". Her books included "Families," 1978 and "Margaret Mead: A Life," 1984."

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."

**Peter C.** · 16th August 07, 08:31 PM

Originally Posted by Alaskan Kilted Guy

I am just grateful to have a forum, community, society, club, or clan, that I have been welcomed to. A place to talk about the kilt, and the kilted lifestyle. I appreciate the folks here, and their opinions and thoughts.

In parting a quote from Jane Howard, a US "journalist, writer". Her books included "Families," 1978 and "Margaret Mead: A Life," 1984."

Call it a clan, call it a network, call it a tribe, call it a family. Whatever you call it, whoever you are, you need one."

I think you are speaking for all of us there, Alaskan Kilted Guy, and I love the quote from Jane Howard.

Peter

**ardchoille** · 16th August 07, 09:13 PM

I'm beginning to see xmarks as a clan. For what is a clan but a group of people who support each other, give each other advice, and rally together to a common cause? There is the xmarks tartan, which is beautiful, and we need someone to design a crest... and draw up a motto.

**Riverkilt** · 16th August 07, 09:47 PM

What a post! Nine pages in a few hours!

I'll bet some Scotsmen in the hills of the south brewed up dandelion wine. How about the dandelion with whatever the Latin for "Ferment Me" is...?

X Marks seems more a Tribe than a clan...in the sense that the Navajos are a Tribe made up of clans. In the old days if any other Indians wandered through Navajo territory they'd get invited to join the tribe and that group would start a new clan. When the Navajos raided into Mexico and captured a Mexican maiden and she bore children they started the Nakai (Mexican clan). Today there are over a hundred Navajo clans but they comprise one tribe....if that makes sense.

Whatever the decision, I have an X Marks hand sewn kilt, an X Marks hand sewn vest, lots of X Marks kilt pins, and two X marks T-shirts so sign me up.

The Indians issue a Certificate of Indian Blood. Maybe we should issue an X Marks Certificate of Kilt Addiction and Clansmanship.

Ron

**acstoon** · 17th August 07, 04:38 AM

Originally Posted by Peter C.

I think you are speaking for all of us there, Alaskan Kilted Guy, and I love the quote from Jane Howard.

Peter

Ditto that!

**McClef** · 17th August 07, 05:02 AM

From the number of pages I thought I had come across an old thread for a moment!

Maybe we can't be an official Clan in the strict sense, but we meet so many of the ideal characteristics of one so no harm in being an unofficial one!

We need more clan variant tartans, hunting, weathered etc!