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In the Highlands of Scotland, the Cath Sith or Fairy Cat is a great black cat the size of a large dog. It has a white blaze upon its chest and its hair sticks up all over its arched back. The Cath Sith bears all the hallmarks of the existing Scottish wild cat, being both fierce and highly secretive. The Cath Sith appears as the blazon of many Highland clans which show a cat ready to strike with outstretched claws. The legend ‘touch not the cat bot [except with] a glove/targe [a small round shield]’, is the cap badge motto of the Mackintoshes, the MacPhersons and the MacBains.