Scottish
Town And City Mottoes
Aberdeen
- Bon Accord
Crail
- In Verbo Tuo Laxaho Rete (At Thy Word I Will Let
Down the Net)
Dundee
- Dei Donum Prudentia et Candore (Gift of God with Thought and
Purity)
Edinburgh
- Nisi Dominus Frustra (Except the Lord in Vain)
Elie
and Earlsferry - Unitas Alit Comitatem (Unity Fosters Courtesy)
Eyemouth
- Remis Velisque (With Oars and Sails)
Galashiels
- Sour Plums
Glasgow
- Lord Let Glasgow Flourish
Inverness
- A Hundred Thousand Welcomes
Jedburgh
- Strenue et Prospere (Earnestly and Successfully)
Kelso
- Dae Richt, Fear Nocht
Kirkcaldy
- Vigilando Munio (They Stand Guard)
Melrose
- One Community Open to All
Montrose
- Mare Ditat Rosa Decorat (The Sea Enriches, The Rose Adorns)
Peebles
- Contra Nando Incrementum (Increase by Swimming Against the
Flood)
Perth
- Make Haste Slowly
St
Andrews - Dum Spiro Spero (While I Breathe I Hope)
St
Monans - Mare Vivimus (By the Sea We Live)
Stirling
- The Britons stand by the force of arms, The Scots are by this
cross preserved from harms The Castle and Bridge of Stirling
town Are in the compass of this seal set down.
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