Heraldry

[Leslie Miller]

> Not to be offensive, but I think that since the only non-European creature
> on your list is His Grace Duke Lloyd's "Rattlesnake Chequy" (sp?)  The
> question would be whether the terms "Acceptable" and "Frequently Used"
> are appropriate, were the mattern otmade moot by the simple fact that
> the devices in question ere passed in the Good Olde Days when one
> could get away with passing darn near anything.  Unfortunately, the
> rules are currently a bit more strict.

OK, OK!  I get your point. I'm wrong!  To quote your wife, "You don't 
have to hit me in the face with an elephant to teach me the meaning 
of gray."  And maybe "more than once or twice" should be added in my 
case.  

And no, your post is not offensive.  I've always thought you excelled 
at treadng a fine line of neutrality in the interest of accuracy.  

> OTOH, *MY Device*, that of a "Bengal Tiger Natural" was neither known in
> period nor cited in Bestiaries.  Tygers were, of course, but were absolutely
> unlike what we think of today as Tigers.  Moreover, MY device was passed
> well after 1980.

Well, gosh, how unfortunate that another one got through. ;-)

Gunhilda 
Shire of Mooneschadowe
miller at pp.okstate.edu