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Blairingone Primary School's
explanation:
The pupils of Blairingone Primary School have designed a
heraldic shield for our village. As Blairingone is part of the
Perth & Kinross area, to show this we have used some
symbols from the Perth & Kinross Council Coat of Arms,
including the castle and water symbols to represent Loch Leven and
its castle.
We are very proud of our school, so we have used the 'Tree of
Knowledge' from our uniform badge to represent Blairingone Primary
School. As we are an eco friendly school and are working towards
our permanent Green Flag, we have also shown this on our
shield.
Our school is now the only public building left in Blairingone
since the local church was sold for property development several
years ago. The school is therefore very improtant to our
village.
We looked at Blairingone Parish Records from 1851 and we learned
that mining and farming were the most common occupations for
villagers. This is why we have shown coal and opencast mining
machinery on our shield, and why our 'supporters' are a cow and a
ram. A ram in heraldry means 'in charge'.There is still lots of
farming in our area but the last of three opencast mines closed a
few years ago.
It is thought that the name 'Blairingone' comes from the Gaelic
words which mean 'Field of Spears'. Long ago, arrows and spears
were cut form the 'arns' or alder trees which grew locally on the
banks of the river. We have shown the field of spears on our
shield. Also on this quarter we have represented the River Devon,
our local river. Alder leaves form the garland above our
shield.
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