Quotes About Oath-taking

Indeed, many defeated Confederates consoled themselves that all had been lost save honor. Certainly, most wanted and needed to believe that was the case. Yet the code of honor in the Old South had made personal bravery and oath-taking central to a male's status.

He turned to face the assembled clansmen, raised his arms and greeted them with a ringing shout. "Tulach Ard!" "Tulach Ard!" the clansmen gave back in a roar. The woman next to me shivered. There was a short speech next, given in Gaelic. This was greeted with periodic roars of approval, and then the oath-taking proper commenced.