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Two very famous blades... The basket on the left is Rob Roy MacGregor's. The one on the right is Charles Stewart of Ardshiel, colonel of the Appin regiment at Culloden.

THE SALTIRE: SCOTLAND’S NATIONAL FLAG

The Saltire  is the national flag of Scotland and, with a white diagonal cross on a blue background, it represents the crucifixion of the apostle St. Andrew, Scotland’s patron saint. There is something about the Saltire that stirs the…