Usage of the different Sq&C symbols

Elexir said:

https://grailquest.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/dsc_0006.jpg Aprons for the first three degrees of the Swedish rite.

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Do all MMs have the SQ on the flap?

Ripcord22A said:

Do all MMs have the SQ on the flap?

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No, some have and some dont.

is it for WMs and PMs?

The description of UGLE aprons can be found in Rule 265 of the Book of Constitutions, available at
http://www.ugle.org.uk/about/book-of-constitutions

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Ripcord22A said:

is it for WMs and PMs?

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No.
Its just that the MM aprons have just a standard core design with set symbolism but there are many variations of it.

To add, my avatar is that of a MM.

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Here we have the same design as that of Bro. Scoops' avatar.

Warrior1256 said:

I'm a fairly new MM so please excuse me if this is a dumb question but this just occured to me. Do each of the degrees wear the apron different throughout the world or, in other places in the world, do the different degree apron simply have different designs or whatever? This may have been addressed other times on this forum but, if so, I don't recall.

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We have three distinct ways to wear the apron based on your current degree. I don't think it is an issue to discuss the way the apron is worn because we are seen in public with our apron, especially at public installations.

I don't think you would get in trouble if a profane asked you why you wore your apron differently while attending a dinner prior to a meeting. Oh, it's because I'm an EA isn't going to get you kicked out of the Fraternity.

Do you think opening in the Third then dropping degrees affects aprons ? We open on the First, and will happily receive EAs and FCs as visitors and a distinct apron helps us make sure they leave when we're moving up into the second or third... we actually had a bunch of visitors come into a FC lodge with an EA... he was pounced upon by a good friend and escorted out. The incident was actually mentioned in one of the Brought to Light Podcasts.. we got a laugh out of it... there was not a PM among them, but even the most experienced of us can make a boo boo... and no obligations were broken because he was gone before any greetings and salutations were made..

In Scottish Lodges the aprons of an EA are plain white, those of a FC have two rosettes, those of a MM three rosettes, forming a triangle. Most MMs buy a 'dress' apron which, in addition to the rosettes, is edged with a wide ribbon in the lodge colours. These colours are chosen by the lodge at the time of its erection (founding) and may even be tartans. Many aprons have the rosette on the flap replaced with a S&C. Past Masters may have the rosettes replaced with 'levels', with a 'Past Master's' emblem on the flap. The lodge supplies aprons for all office-bearers which have the jewel of their office on the flap.

The aprons of my lodge are edged with royal blue, identical to the edging found on the Grand Lodge aprons of the UGLE. Our Grand Lodge, Provincial Grand Lodge and District Grand Lodge aprons are edged with 'thistle green' .

Meetings here, with members and visitors from both Scottish lodge and those of our sister jurisdiction, the GL of Newfoundland and Labrador, with their English-style aprons, plus, at Installations in particular, Delegations from their Grand Lodge and our District Grand Lodge, can be quite 'colourful'!

in the States a brothers degree is identified by how the apron is worn. The flap is a certain way for EAs and then the FC fold theirs in a certain way and then the MM wears it flat.