Waiziva here kuti Rukato iro Ruva renyika reScotland? Chokwadi; Chave chiri chiratidzo chenyika ino kweanopfuura makore mazana manomwe. Nhoroondo yacho ndeyekuti mazana emakore apfuura maDanes akasarudza kupinda muScotland husiku uye murima, asi nekusapfeka shangu, mumwe wavo akatsika rukato uye kuchema kwakanyanya kwekurwadziwa kwakayambira maScot uye akadzivirira kuuraya kunotyisa.
Zvino, chirimwa ichi chakavaponesa kubva pakupinda kwaizivikanwa se "The Guardian Thistle". Uye pakanga pasati pari panguva yekutonga kwaJames III kuti rukato rwakazivikanwa sechiratidzo cheStuarts. Uye James IV paakakwira pachigaro muna 1488, rukato rwakanga rwave chiratidzo chakakurumbira uye chinowanikwawo muchikwata chekare cheScotland chivalric chinozivikanwa se "The Order of the Thistle."
Izvo zvinofanirwa kucherechedzwa kuti rukato rwakashandiswa kushongedza chinyakare mudziyo ("Quaich") zvinoreva mukombe muchiGaelic. Izvi zvakatanga kugadzirwa nematanda uye zvakazogadzirwa zvesirivha uye zvaive zvakakurumbira kusvika kumagumo ezana ramakore rechiXNUMX vachishandisa kuisa mweya newaini.
Chokwadi: "British Museum" muLondon ine imwe yehupfumi hwayo hwakakosha mukati meunganidzwa wemhete, inova mhete yaMaria, Mambokadzi weScots. Uye fungidzira chii? Iyo mhete yakanyorwa negoridhe uye inoratidza chiratidzo cheScotland chakakomberedzwa nehuro mhete.
Hapana mubvunzo kuti rukato ruri padyo nemoyo wevaScots uye, sekuisa kwakaita nyanduri weScotland Robert Burns munhetembo yake "Mukadzi Anotungamira weWauchope House" - "Chiratidzo chinodiwa kwazvo."
