Lowland Scots' Bird's Head Dagger
& Basket Hilted Dagger
he
references and links on this page deal with Dixon's, Border Reivers, and
the Scottish Marches. Though our Dixon ancestors wore neither feathers nor kilt: "Lean go dlłth ri clił do
shinnseareachd, 'S na dibir a bhi mar iadsan" - is good Gaelic
advice for all of us: "Follow close
the ways of your ancestors, and don't neglect to be like them."
References
The Border Reivers, Keith Durham, 1995 Osprey Publishing Ltd.
The Steel Bonnets, George MacDonald Fraser, 1995 HarperCollins Publisher
The Clan Dixon, B. Homer Dixon, 1889 Joel Munsell's Sons Publishers
The Border and Riding Clans, B. Homer Dixon,
1888 Albany, New York
he
references and links on this page deal with Dixon's, Border Reivers, and
the Scottish Marches. Though our Dixon ancestors wore neither feathers nor kilt: "Lean go dlłth ri clił do
shinnseareachd, 'S na dibir a bhi mar iadsan" - is good Gaelic
advice for all of us: "Follow close
the ways of your ancestors, and don't neglect to be like them."