American Fork Citizen | 1907-09-28 | Page 7 | Origin of Scotland's Motto

Origin of Scotland's Motto, it was thought by tho Danes to be cownrdly to ntlnrk nn enemy nf(er nlghtfnll, but on one occasion when they wero waging wnr In Scotland, (hey deviated from their usual rule. On they crept, noiselessly and unobserved, unob-served, In their bare feet, upon tho unsusitectlng Scotchman. When near the camp 'ono of tho Danes trod upon 1 thistle nnd in his pnlu cried out This urousod tho sleeping Scotchmen, and they gavo tho alarm, Tho Danes wcro deputed with tcrrlblo Iosb of life, and ever slnco thnt tlmo tho thistle has been tho InBlgnln of Scotland, Scot-land, with tho motto: "Nemo mo lm-puno lm-puno lncesslt." "No ono provokes mo with Impunity."