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Old 01-12-2008, 08:50 AM   #33
DanaC
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leeks are associated with Wales?
Yup. It's a national symbol. It's associated with St David. Though the suggested connection of David having ordered his soldiers to wear leeks in their helmets at Heathfield in the sixth century is tenuous to put it mildly. It's most likely to have been a Tudor invention for some kind of propoganda purpose.
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