The Groom’s Boutonniere
The groom often selected a flower for his buttonhole from the bride’s bouquet. This harkens back to Medieval times when a Knight 
would wear his Lady’s colors to display his love… another of the Scottish wedding day customs.
Scottish Thistle
The thistle
has been a symbol of Scotland since the 1500s. There are two stories about how the Scots came to revere the thistle.
has been a symbol of Scotland since the 1500s. There are two stories about how the Scots came to revere the thistle. | |
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One version is that during the Viking
invasions, an attacker stepped on a thistle and cried out, thus awakening the Scots and saving the day. The second version tells of the English army advancing upon a Scottish castle at night. Unknowingly, the soldiers took a route through a stand of dried thistle
. The rattling of the dried heads and leaves alerted the castle…
. The rattling of the dried heads and leaves alerted the castle…The Scottish King Kenneth III gratefully adopted the thistle as his nation’s emblem.
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