General Discussion

But it is true they have long memories. As do the Irish. Perhaps it is human nature to remember the old feuds. A long lingering example of the underlying animosity between the two countries concerns the Stone of Scone that the English captured in 1296. It was liberated in the 1950s by Scottish nationalists and returned to the Scots by the British in the 1990s to appease Scots who wanted to part with England. That's a long time to be fighting over a stone. And the unofficial national anthem is "Flower of Scotland" that celebrates the Scots defeating Edward's Army.

O flower of Scotland
When will we see
Your like again
That fought and died for
Your wee bit hill and glen
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again


2.
The hills are bare now
And autumn leaves lie thick and still
O'er land that is lost now
Which those so dearly held
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again


3.
Those days are passed now
And in the past they must remain
But we can still rise now
And be the nation again
And stood against him
Proud Edward's army
And sent him homeward
Tae think again