Rory hit the nail! And perhaps it is no coincidence that "Chanticleer" is
the name of the Clan's Australian Newsletter, as advised by Margaret. Of
course, as reference to Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable tells us the
name comes from the French "Chanter Clair" - to sing clearly - possibly a
direct play on names with St Clair, "Sing Clair" = Sinclair, as Niven
Sinclair has pointed out before, often happens with heraldic devices. And
Brewer's also point to a version of the story earlier than Chaucer's -
Reynard the Fox - based on stories going back to Aesop, so it would certainly
have been known to the earliest Sinclairs. For this version see
http://www.aard-vark.com/reynard/reyc2.htm
Yours aye
Iain
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