Скачать или смотреть 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 The Tale of the Scottish Thistle 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

More than two hundred different types of thistles exist, and several different varieties are found in Scotland – anything from the milk thistle to the cotton thistle, but what makes this plant so endearing to Scottish culture and even having an Order around it?

Discover in about 3 minutes how the thistle became a symbol of Scotland, what the Vikings had to do with it, why it was adopted as the national emblem, and how and why the Order of the Thistle originated and evolved over time.

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