据古代的传说，百灵鸟生于地球未出现之前。她父亲死于一场大病，因当时还没有地球，她找不到地方为父亲做坟墓。停丧五天后，她心中慌乱，就将父亲葬在自己的头上。从此以后，她头上就有了冠毛，人们传说那是她父亲的坟山。
这故事是说青年人的第一责任是孝敬父母。
The Lark Burying Her Father
THE LARK (according to an ancient legend) was created before the earth itself, and when her father died, as there was no earth, she could find no place of burial for him. She let him lie uninterred for five days, and on the sixth day, not knowing what else to do, she buried him in her own head. Hence she obtained her crest, which is popularly said to be her father's grave-hillock.
Youth's first duty is reverence to parents.