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kj77
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 		The Three Legs of Man
I did a GIS for "three legs" and what I noticed was that the symbol on the Whites Farm sign from Brigid's pictures is very similar to a component of the coat of arms for the Isle of Man.

Also featured in the coat of arms for the Isle of Man is a raven which may or may not be of importance.

Anyway, I didn't see this tidbit mentioned anywhere else so I thought I'd mention it.

Here is a link to a site describing the Isle of Man's coat of arms in detail:
http://www.gov.im/isleofman/facts.xml

Also, here is the text describing the Three Legs of Man:
"The three legs symbol seems to have been adopted in the Thirteenth Century as the armorial bearings of the native kings of the Isle of Man, whose dominion also included the Hebrides - the Western Isles of Scotland.

After 1266, when the native dynasty ended and control of the Island passed briefly to the Crown of Scotland and then permanently to the English Crown, the emblem was retained, and among the earliest surviving representations are those of the Manx Sword of State, thought to have been made in the year 1300 AD. The Three Legs also appeared on the Manx coinage of the seventeenth-nineteenth centuries, and are still in everyday use in the Manx Flag.

Why the Three Legs were adopted as the royal arms of the Manx kingdom is unknown. It was originally a symbol of the Sun, the seat of Power and Life. In ancient times the emblem was particularly connected with the island of Sicily (probably because of its triangular outline) but the Sicilian "Legs" were always naked and generally displayed Medusa's head at the central point.

A rather similar device was popular amongst the Celts and Norsemen in NW Europe, and in view of this it has been suggested that the Manx Three Legs were a heraldic modification of a native badge or emblem. Support for this theory may be seen in the appearance of the 'triskele', or simplified "Three Legs" emblem, on coins of the tenth century Norse King, Anlaf Cuaran, whose dominion included Dublin and the Isle of Man; and it is probable that the later Manx Kings were a branch of the same dynasty.

All the early examples of the Manx "Legs" show them as if running sunwise (i.e. clockwise) and to that extent the heraldic symbol of the Island still retained an essential feature of the ancient pagan sun-symbol. Although sometimes drawn anti-clockwise, that is singularly inappropriate. "

Also, note that the Whites Farm legs run counter clockwise.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 4:53 pm
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kj77
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 		Hmmm
Given that the Brigid from Flicker said those pictures were taken by Jon on the Isle of Man, and the symbol on the Whites Farm sign is definitly tied to the Isle of Man, I tend to think that the Flicker Brigid is in game.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 5:32 pm
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xar
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 		maybe
Although anybody watching this forum for more than a few days would already know all this. Would know of isle of man. And could manufacture these pics to throw us of very easily.

Also... Whites farm, isnt on the Isle of Mann. Its actually north east of London. So says the cottage guides out there.

PostPosted: Tue Jun 07, 2005 6:24 pm
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 		The fact that the three legs motif is on the flag of the Isle of Man and that "Flicker Brigid" mentions the Isle of Man proves nothing, since both facts come from "Flicker Brigid".

The fact that Flicker Brigid says that Jon was "looking for an Aleph" suggests that it's a hoax where the hoaxer hasn't looked into things too carefully. The Aleph bit was a clue in an already solved puzzle.

Rightly or wrongly, I've disregarded Flicker Brigid's clues in my search for the answers. Maybe I'll be proven wrong, but I think it's just someone messing around.

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