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St Peter's

and magical selkies

toasty cereals

" The tapestries were discovered in the nineteenth century in the Chateau de Boussac (Creuse) and became part of the Cluny Museum collection in 1882

geographical maps and lists of distilleries

Thistle Tapestry Books_Home St Peter'sThis tapestry features the Thistle which has been a Scottish emblem for centuries. There are many different stories of how the Thistle became Scotland's symbol, but most point to the events surrounding the Battle of Largs in 1263. It is generally forgotten that for more than 600 years most of Scotland was part of the Kingdom of Norway, and by 1263 Norway seemed to have little interest. King Alexander III proposed to buy back the Western Isles and