 There is a story that states that Malcolm who was the son of Friskin, obtained the lands from Malcolm III of Scotland after he had sheltered him under hay in a barn and this is said to have given rise to the family's coat of arms which is of a shake-fork, as well as the motto "Over fork over".Sir George Mackenzie states that the coat of arms are alluded to the office of Master of the King's Stables.However, these stories do not take into account that the earliest form of the clan's coat of arm was actually a Bishop Pall Y, which differs from the later Shakefork Y by permitting the Y to touch the edge of the shield.