Show Origin of Scotlands Motto It was thought by the Danes to bo cowardly to attack an enemy after nightfall but on one occasion when they wero waging war in Scotland they deviated from their usual rule On they crept noiselessly and unobserved unob-served in their bare feet upon tho unsuspecting Scotchman When near the camp one of the Danes trod upon a thistle and in his pain cried out Tills aroused tho sleeping Scotchmen and they gave the alarm The Danes were defeated with terrible loss of life and ever since that time tho thistle has been the insignia of Scotland Scot-land with the motto Nemo me 1m pune lacessltNo one provokes mo with impunity |