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 | | The chevron in heraldry was employed as a badge of honour to mark the main supporters of the head of the clan or "top of the house" and it came to be used in various forms as an emblem of rank for knights and men-at-arms in feudal days. |
| | One legend is that the chevron was awarded to a knight to show he had taken part in capturing a castle, town, or other building, of which the chevron resembled the roofs. |
| | There is a superstition in the Army about lighting 3 cigarettes from one match (or from one burning of a cigarette lighter). |
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