Clan Profile
- Clan Badge: Two plant badges have been attributed to the clan.
- Cranberry.Story of the Clan Retrieved on 2007-11-08 The clan shares this badge with Clan MacAulay, which tradition gives a descent from the old Earls of Lennox.
- Cloudberry. (Attributed to the clan by Skene).
- Clan Slogan: Loch Sloidh (Anglicised as: Loch Sloy) (translated from Gaelic: The Loch of the Host).
- Clan Motto: This I'll Defend.
- Clan Crest: A demi-savage brandishing in his dexter a broad sword Proper and pointing with his sinister to an Imperial Crown or standing by him on the wreath.
- Clan Pipe Music (Pibroch):
- 'Thogail nam bo (translation from Gaelic: Lifting the cattle). or, Thogail nam Bo theid sinn (translation: To Lift the Cows We Shall Go).
- Spaidsearachd Chlann Pharlain (translation from Gaelic: MacFarlane's march).
- Saved from extinction by Robert Macfarlan in the late 1800s.
- Clan Tartan: There are six reported MacFarlane tartans: Red (Modern, Ancient, Weathered); Hunting (Modern, Ancient, Weathered); Black & White / Mourning (Modern, Ancient), Black & Red; Dress; and Lendrum.
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