Name

Sail Loft Challenge: Design a Three Legs Flag

Description

The sails that drove the trading vessels were cut and stitched in lofts above the quay — sailcloth from the Tromode mills, stamped every yard with the Three Legs of Man.

The Three Legs (ny tree cassyn) is one of the oldest national symbols in the world, and nobody is entirely sure where it came from. The motto — Quocunque Jeceris Stabit, “whichever way you throw me, I shall stand” — is a statement of survival.

Design your own version of the Three Legs. You can draw it, paint it, stitch it, build it from found objects, carve it into clay, or make it from anything you like.

The only rule: it has to look like it could stand whichever way you threw it.

Key Stage / Type

Family Activity

Ages 5+

Creative / Art

Period

Medieval / Enduring

Topic

Heritage