Cuidich 'N Righ

With the band's early members being veterans of the Seaforth Highland Regiment, it is not surprising that many of the regimental symbols and traditions are those of the Clan Mackenzie. The regimental motto of the Seaforth Highland Regiment (earlier the 78th Highland Regiment) is "Cuidich ‘n Righ" Gaelic for "Help the King".

Clan history states that in 1266 King Alexander III of Scotland was charged by a stag while hunting, Colin of Kintail, Chief of the Clan MacKenzie, charged to the King’s aid yelling "Cuidich ‘n Righ" and with his claymore sword cleaved off the stag’s head. The king, as a token of his gratitude, granted the Clan the motto "Cuidich ‘n Righ" and the "Cabar Feidh" Gaelic for "the antlers of a stag" as its clan crest.

The 78^th adopted the clan crest as it own regimental badge, and the 18^th century pipe tune Cabar Feidh as their Regimental Charge. The 78^th Highland Regiment is the only regiment in the British Army to ever have a Gaelic motto on its colors and regimental badge and this was continued by the Queen's Own Hihglanders and now by The Highlanders of today.

(Courtesy of http://www.cabarfeidh.com)

See also the 78th Highland and Seaforth Highlander regimental histories at http://www.cabarfeidh.com.