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<p>[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9586463, member: 649"]But there's no thistle on the spoon. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/confused.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":confused:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>(EDIT: I NOW SEE THE THISTLE!!! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie45" alt=":facepalm:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> I WASN'T SEEING THE SHAPE PROPERLY AND INTERPRETED IT AS A LILY!!! SO WE APPEAR TO HAVE TWO SYMBOLS FOR ENGLAND, TWO FOR SCOTLAND, AND TWO FOR IRELAND. POOR WALES HAS BEEN LEFT OUT. EACH OF THE LANDS IS REPRESENTED BY THEIR SYMBOL IN A SHIELD, FOLLOWED BY THEIR FLOWER/PLANT:</p><p>ENGLAND: THREE LIONS IN SHIELD AND TUDOR ROSE.</p><p>SCOTLAND: RAMPANT LION IN SHIELD AND THISTLE.</p><p>IRELAND: HARP IN SHIELD AND SHAMROCK.)</p><p>The harp is on Ireland's Coat of Arms. It's doesn't appear to be on anything representative of Wales, even though the Welsh do apparently claim the harp as their national instrument.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]463379[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="bluumz, post: 9586463, member: 649"]But there's no thistle on the spoon. :confused: (EDIT: I NOW SEE THE THISTLE!!! :facepalm: I WASN'T SEEING THE SHAPE PROPERLY AND INTERPRETED IT AS A LILY!!! SO WE APPEAR TO HAVE TWO SYMBOLS FOR ENGLAND, TWO FOR SCOTLAND, AND TWO FOR IRELAND. POOR WALES HAS BEEN LEFT OUT. EACH OF THE LANDS IS REPRESENTED BY THEIR SYMBOL IN A SHIELD, FOLLOWED BY THEIR FLOWER/PLANT: ENGLAND: THREE LIONS IN SHIELD AND TUDOR ROSE. SCOTLAND: RAMPANT LION IN SHIELD AND THISTLE. IRELAND: HARP IN SHIELD AND SHAMROCK.) The harp is on Ireland's Coat of Arms. It's doesn't appear to be on anything representative of Wales, even though the Welsh do apparently claim the harp as their national instrument. [ATTACH=full]463379[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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