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Johnstone

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The crest of this family is a winged spur. or spur between two wings, leathered, with the motto. “Nunquam non parāʹtus.” When King Edward I. was meditating treachery in favour of Balliol, Johnstone sent to Bruce (then in England) a spur with a feather tied to it. Bruce took the hint and fled, and when he became king conferred the crest on the Johnstone family.

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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John of Hexham
John of Leyden (the prophet)
John the Almoner
John the Baptist
John Tamson’s Man
John with the Leaden Sword
Johnnies
Johnny Crapaud
Johnny Raw
Johnson (Dr. Samuel)
Johnstone
Johnstone’s Tippet (St.)
Join the Majority
Joint
Jolly
Jolly Dog (A)
Jolly God (The)
Jolly Good Fellow (A)
Jolly Green
Jolly Roger (The)
Jollyboat

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