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klaus-michael schneider
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![[Coucieiro commune flag]](../images/p/pt-vvdco.gif)
2:3, image by Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
It is a typical Portuguese communal flag, with the coat of arms centred on a plain red field.
Source: Sérgio Horta´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
![[Coucieiro commune CoA]](../images/p/pt-vvdco).gif)
image by António Martins-Tuválkin and Sérgio Horta, 17 Sep 2025
Shield Or, on chief a pair of open tailor´s scissors reversed Gules, on base a toad couchant Vert armed Gules. Mural crown Argent with three visible towers (village rank) and white scroll reading in black upper case serifed letters "COUCIEIRO".
Meaning:
The arms represent exactly what they appear to: A toad being killed by scissors,
illustrating a local legend about a brave tailor, who objected to the droit du seigneur by killing with the tool of his trade a local
feudal lord nicknamed Master Toad, as related in the official communal webpage
Frogs and toads are seldom seen in Portuguese local heraldry.
Source: Ralf Hartemink´s webpage
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025 and António Martins-Tuválkin, 17 Sep 2025
Published in Diário da República: III Série on 1 March 2005
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
Coucieiro is one of the 21 communes of Vila Verde Municipality not affected by the 2013 changes; it had 526 inhabitants in 2021 and covers 4,21 km².
Klaus-Michael Schneider, 3 Feb 2025
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