A whirligig is a child’s toy, consisting of a staff with a pivoted vaned crosspiece, which is spun in the wind.  It is also termed a “scopperel”, or more modernly, a “pinwheel”.  No examples of the whirligig have yet been found in period armory; however, as a period artifact, it is accepted for use in the Society.  The illustration is taken from the breviary of Eleanor of Portugal, c.1500 [in the Morgan Library].  See also windmill.

The Order of the Whirligig, of the Barony of Delftwood, bears:  Azure, a whirligig argent.