Scottish Thistle Geocoin
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Owner:
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KaptainKache
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Released:
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Tuesday, January 1, 2008
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Origin:
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South Dakota, United States
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There are numerous stories regailing how this prickly flower gained the honor, but no one knows for sure. The most popular story has it that sometime during the 13th Century, around 1263, the King of Norway, King Haakon IV, decided to carry on a campaign against the Scots. During one of those battles, the Scots knowing the highlands well, took rest in the fields surrounded by the Prickly Purple Thistle. The Norse, believing that they had darkness as an advantage, set on attacking while the Scots slept. They removed their protective footware in order not to make noise and crept up on the resting Scots. The "Barefooted Norsemen" found themselves being scratched and scarred by the prickly flower and cried out in pain, thus awaking the sleeping Scots who then defeated the Norse. Since then the Thistle has been seen as a reminder to all that no one can mess with the Scots without feeling the pain of the Thistle.
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