The
Clan Crest is a Cockrel and the Motto "Commit thy Work to
God". As the Sinclairs are a Norman Clan, perhaps the Cockerel of
Norman legend, Chanticleer made a play on words "Chanter
Clair", to signify "Sing-clair".
Traditionally,
Clansmen would wear a sprig of Whin in their bonnet.