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Wearing one spur after a friend dies in battle - anyone know if it's true?

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Sir James A:
Came across this and have never heard of the "single spur" thing before - modern or medieval. Doesn't make sense in medieval context to only have one, but I'm no equestrian either. Anyone know if it's true or not?

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_meaning_of_giving_a_single_spur_to_the_survivor_at_a_funeral_of_a_biker

SirNathanQ:
Iv'e never heard of anything in any context for this. Mayhap a silly reenactorism started a tradition?

Sir Edward:

Could be a theory someone came up with after looking at some effigies or something. There was a similar theory about effigies with crossed legs indicating that the person served in crusade, but there's little evidence to support it. It reminds me of that.

Lord Dane:

--- Quote from: Sir Edward on 2013-03-18, 22:40:39 ---
Could be a theory someone came up with after looking at some effigies or something. There was a similar theory about effigies with crossed legs indicating that the person served in crusade, but there's little evidence to support it. It reminds me of that.

--- End quote ---

The crossed legs (in effigies) was supposedly a traditional means of preparing a Christian knight who may have died or at least served in the Crusades to reflect a symbolic gesture of the Crucifixion of Christ. Just a theory though.

Sir William:
Nope, never heard of it.

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