Well this is embarassing!
Posted on | April 9, 2010 | 3 Comments
I’ve been poking around the family tree a lot lately. I’m hot on the trail of my great, great grandfather who emigrated from England to Canada around 1844. Anyway I decided to type in the name to see if there was a “family” crest. You know, the whole heraldry thingy although I realise the crest likely doesn’t belong to my particular branch of the family, I thought it might be interesting. After all most crests are oh so noble and heroic.
Well… imagine my surprise when up popped the family crest. It has … 3 … hedgehogs. Yes indeed the noble and ferocious hedgehog! Not even rampant for pete’s sake.. just kind of standing around looking hedgehoggy and a bit … well… bored. It’s officially described as: “An ermine chevron between three gold hedgehogs on a silver shield.” Other people get unicorns and rearing horses, bears and knights in armour. I get 3 tiny, prickly hedgehogs. I suppose I should be mollified, at least the hedgehogs are gold. Maybe I should change my blog to Hedgehog – diary of a slightly annoyed small mammal.
Tags: ancestors > family crests > family tree > harris family > hedgehog heraldry
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