Ubuwazi ukuthi Ikhakhasi Imbali Kazwelonke yaseScotland? Ngempela; Kube yisibonakaliso sikazwelonke saleli lizwe iminyaka engaphezu kwengu-700. Inganekwane ithi emakhulwini eminyaka adlule amaDanes anquma ukuhlasela iScotland ebusuku nasebumnyameni, kodwa ngokungazifaki izicathulo, esinye sazo sanyathela ikhakhasi futhi ukukhala kobuhlungu okwakuzwakala phezulu kwaxwayisa abaseScots futhi kwagwema ukubulawa okubi.
Ngemuva kwalokho, lesi sitshalo esibasindisile ekuhlaselweni saziwa ngokuthi "i-Guardian Thistle". Futhi kwaze kwaba sekubuseni kukaJames III lapho leli khakhasi laqashelwa njengophawu lweStuarts. Futhi ngenkathi uJames IV ehlala esihlalweni sobukhosi ngo-1488, lolu khakhasi lwase luphenduke uphawu oluthandwayo futhi luyatholakala nasencwadini yasendulo yaseScotland eyaziwa ngokuthi "i-Order of the Thistle."
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ikhakhasi lalisetshenziselwa ukuhlobisa umkhumbi wendabuko ("Quaich") okusho inkomishi ngesiGaelic. Lezi ekuqaleni zazenziwe ngokhuni futhi kamuva zenziwa ngesiliva futhi kwakudumile ngasekupheleni kwekhulu le-XNUMX kusetshenziswa ukubeka imimoya newayini.
Iqiniso: "iBritish Museum" eLondon inenye yengcebo yayo ebaluleke kakhulu ngaphakathi kweqoqo lezindandatho, okuyindandatho kaMary, iNdlovukazi yamaScots. Futhi uqagele ini? Indandatho iqoshwe ngegolide futhi inophawu lwaseScotland oluzungezwe umgexo wamakhakhasi.
Akungabazeki ukuthi leli khakhasi lisondele enhliziyweni yamaScot futhi, njengoba imbongi yaseScotland uRobert Burns akubeka enkondlweni yakhe ethi "The Guid Wife of Wauchope House" - "Luphawu oluthandwa kakhulu."
