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Thread #54351   Message #2220370
Posted By: An Buachaill Caol Dubh
21-Dec-07 - 11:44 AM
Thread Name: Origins: Sean South of Garryowen (Sean Costelloe)
Subject: RE: Origins: Sean South of Garryowen
Further to Robin on 7th Dec five years ago; the fish that never swam, bell that never rand and bird that never flew;

these all appear on the Coat of Arms of Glasgow; a wee bird perched atop a tree, this tree having an open book in its branches on one side and a bell hingin' on the other, with below it a salmon wi' a gowd ring in its mooth. This last alludes to Kentigern's finding some princess' lost ring in the salmon he caught in the Clyde, or maybe Molendinar (this kind of story is found everywhere).