The Clan Chisholm

• Motto: Feros Ferio (I Am Fierce With The Fierce)   

• Gaelic Name: Siosal

• Pronunciation: (Gaelic: She - Saw)

• Plant Badge: Fern

• Pipe Music: Chisholm's March

• Place name: Roxburgshire, Scotland

• Origin of Name: Hawick, South Scotland

• Crest: Boars head affixed on top of a dagger, clasped with a fist.

There are several legends that go along with this. One in particular, is a story handed down in the Clan telling of an earlier Chisholm saving the life of a Scottish King who, whilst hunting was attacked by a furious bore.

   Another story is handed down by James Logan and is quoted in the Mackenzie's History of The Chisholms. "The popular tradition is that two brothers determined to destroy a ferocious bore which kept the whole of Strath in constant terror, and have discovered his den, one of the men, as the animal was about to attack him, thrust his hand down it's throat, and dragging out the tongue and stomach, his companion exclaimed, "SiSalaich" meaning that he made a filthy grasp. From this comes Si'sal and the brothers became the armorial supporters."