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12th October 07, 01:25 PM
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 Originally Posted by Pour1Malt
um... weel....nay...
Burns wuz no actually knichted ya ken....
in 1787 an auld Jacobite lady, Mrs Bruce o' Clackmannan- "knighted" Burns... which she actually had nay 'richt' tae dae... wi' a sword that she claimed belaing'd tae Robert The Bruce (but there is nay proof o' that...)
he is no Sir Robert Burns...
maks fur a nice story though! 
Interesting... (not that I'm doubting because I haven't actually spoken with Lord Elgin (Bruce Family Clan Chief) to verify the proof he has about it being Robert the Bruce's sword) check out http://www.robert-de-bruce.com/700thAnniversary.htm and be sure to note the pictures with Lord Elgin, and Lord Bruce holding the sword at Moot Hill at Scone during the 700th Anniversary celebration of the coronation of Robert the Bruce. I believe that Lord Elgin believes this to be the same sword used by Robert the Bruce, and has authorized McAllen Armoury to make the exact replicas. Whether or not the "knighting" was legal or not, ehhh... but it's believed to be the same sword.
Interesting if nothing else.
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14th October 07, 02:55 AM
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Originally Posted by rmmcscott
Interesting... (not that I'm doubting because I haven't actually spoken with Lord Elgin (Bruce Family Clan Chief) to verify the proof he has about it being Robert the Bruce's sword) check out http://www.robert-de-bruce.com/700thAnniversary.htm and be sure to note the pictures with Lord Elgin, and Lord Bruce holding the sword at Moot Hill at Scone during the 700th Anniversary celebration of the coronation of Robert the Bruce. I believe that Lord Elgin believes this to be the same sword used by Robert the Bruce, and has authorized McAllen Armoury to make the exact replicas. Whether or not the "knighting" was legal or not, ehhh... but it's believed to be the same sword.
Interesting if nothing else.
it may arr may no bae Bruce's sword- that ai dinnae ken oucht... if Laird Elgin says it is- that is guid enough fur me!
but ai ken Robert Burns is no Sir Robert Burns....
if he wuz- Scots wuid certainly refer tae him that way!
but we dinnae....
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