Tom's Homage to His Grandmother's Scottish Ancestry

I met Tom in a drug store in my neck of the woods in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn.<br /><br />He has four tattoos and offered to share this one with us:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK0MLLVG-hgWkZ8tv6H1XrKGTuPyRKPjyIl0Vq0F_OAayFMUV-z4mam9qP7w1vHH7f-tVBxil00XUWcggTZmuft-gSQr1n2F_2sJ6D4-w2F8gmHDMWjMpsFb5MJw9bK8G6bmThPt2kqs/s1600/Clan+Ferguson+wm.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitK0MLLVG-hgWkZ8tv6H1XrKGTuPyRKPjyIl0Vq0F_OAayFMUV-z4mam9qP7w1vHH7f-tVBxil00XUWcggTZmuft-gSQr1n2F_2sJ6D4-w2F8gmHDMWjMpsFb5MJw9bK8G6bmThPt2kqs/s640/Clan+Ferguson+wm.jpg" width="502" /></a></div><br /><br />This piece celebrates his lineage, honoring the family crest from his grandmother's side.<br /><br />The Scottish part of him is descended from the <a href="http://www.clanfergusonsociety.co.uk/">Clan Fergusson</a>.The clan motto <i>Dulcius ex asperis</i>  means "Sweeter after difficulties".<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWHig_axRR8MBsY71dp95Xxa_9zrMb6pzsQMuQqUS6D_pQSrC88EFETHUbrIUZWpK2nV5CKAKCBFz5qXuJLueV_gVZcRTXM_RNROC_NTXLVKkF4M4QVJy6qEBA2jy_cF8hwGeqmF2ytA/s1600/190px-Clan_member_crest_badge_-_Clan_Fergusson.svg.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAWHig_axRR8MBsY71dp95Xxa_9zrMb6pzsQMuQqUS6D_pQSrC88EFETHUbrIUZWpK2nV5CKAKCBFz5qXuJLueV_gVZcRTXM_RNROC_NTXLVKkF4M4QVJy6qEBA2jy_cF8hwGeqmF2ytA/s400/190px-Clan_member_crest_badge_-_Clan_Fergusson.svg.png" width="315" /></a></div><br />This was tattooed by Lou at <a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Brooklyn-NY/Third-Eye-Tattoo/207106449186?ref=ts&__a=7">Third Eye Tattoo</a>, in the Park Slope section of Brooklyn. Work from Lou and Third Eye that has appeared on Tattoosday can be viewed <a href="http://tattoosday.blogspot.com/search/label/Third%20Eye%20Tattoo">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks to Tom for sharing his family crest with us here on Tattoosday!

Tom's Homage to His Grandmother's Scottish Ancestry

I met Tom in a drug store in my neck of the woods in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn. He has four tattoos and offered to share this one with us: This pi...

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