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Help[Facts] Re: Hey, there's even one for "Lord Daividh"!
in reply to a message by Nanaea
Just thought of something else that shows how silly this coat-of-arms business is.
When I was a teen (reign of William III, I think), my mother won a coat of arms plaque of our family name in some sort of phone contest.
It was nicely rendered, a wooden plaque with "Marshall" shield and crest, green and yellow with a red something (lion? griffon?) on it. Mom displayed it prominently, being an Irish lass whose own family arms, if they had 'em, would've sported a withered potato on a field of peat.
Trouble was, I found out years later that it was the coat of arms of William Marshal, respected advisor to several English kings around 1200. One of the few upstanding medieval guys I'd have liked to be associated with, but unfortunately one whose seven sons all died without robust male issue. (Bummer.)
So the chances of our having any connection with that plaque were about like Owyda's chances of an invite to Nan and John's for the Super Bowl. Sure glad we didn't pay for it, but lots of people buy something similar every day, and essentially are getting ripped off.
When I was a teen (reign of William III, I think), my mother won a coat of arms plaque of our family name in some sort of phone contest.
It was nicely rendered, a wooden plaque with "Marshall" shield and crest, green and yellow with a red something (lion? griffon?) on it. Mom displayed it prominently, being an Irish lass whose own family arms, if they had 'em, would've sported a withered potato on a field of peat.
Trouble was, I found out years later that it was the coat of arms of William Marshal, respected advisor to several English kings around 1200. One of the few upstanding medieval guys I'd have liked to be associated with, but unfortunately one whose seven sons all died without robust male issue. (Bummer.)
So the chances of our having any connection with that plaque were about like Owyda's chances of an invite to Nan and John's for the Super Bowl. Sure glad we didn't pay for it, but lots of people buy something similar every day, and essentially are getting ripped off.
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