| Topic: | Re:Green Dragon Lane | |
| Posted by: | Anne England | |
| Date/Time: | 28/02/16 20:56:00 |
| Thinking that the name may derive from the Green Dragoon, I googled it and here is a passage copied and pasted from the same: Re dragoon: 'The name possibly derives from an early weapon, a short wheellock called a dragon because the first dragoons raised in France had their carbine's muzzle decorated with a dragon's head. The practice comes from a time when all gunpowder weapons had distinctive names, including the culverin, serpentine, falcon, falconet, etc.[5] It is also sometimes claimed a galloping infantryman with his loose coat and the burning match resembled a dragon.' Further, the illustration of a French dragoon (or some such) shows a man in a green uniform. Is there something in any of that? |
| Topic | Date Posted | Posted By |
| Green Dragon Lane | 26/02/16 10:14:00 | Jim Storrar |
| Re:Green Dragon Lane | 27/02/16 14:23:00 | John McConnell |
| Re:Green Dragon Lane | 28/02/16 20:56:00 | Anne England |
| Re:Green Dragon Lane | 29/02/16 18:07:00 | Jim Storrar |
| Re:Re:Green Dragon Lane | 29/02/16 18:20:00 | Anne England |
| Re:Re:Re:Green Dragon Lane | 03/03/16 15:00:00 | Jim Storrar |
| Re:Re:Re:Re:Green Dragon Lane | 04/03/16 10:35:00 | Lorne Gifford |
| Re:Green Dragon Lane | 06/03/16 19:35:00 | David Squire |