One of the lamp posts outside Glasgow Cathedral.

[thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot]

One of the lamp posts outside Glasgow Cathedral. These feature four symbols, a bird, a bell, a tree and a fish with a ring in its mouth.

These symbols are linked to miracles attributed to Saint Mungo, the cathedral's founder and the city's Patron Saint. These are set within hook which seems to be modelled on a Bishop's Crozier, presumably a reference to Saint Mungo being the first Bishop of Glasgow.

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[thisismyglasgow@mastodon.scot]

The same four elements also appear on Glasgow's coat of arms, as well as all over the city, and they are known locally as the tree that never grew, the bird that never flew, the bell that never rang and the fish that never swam.

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