scottish flag wallpaper

this application is a live wallpaper or screensaver of scottish flag wallpaper set the app as live wallpaper to decorate your phone downloads scottish flag wallpaper from our store page. we have the best collection of scottish flag wallpaper. you can also download other live wallpaper in case you don’t find this lwp suitable for you, we had a vast lwp collection. every country has a flag; but scotland has two. so on this page i’ll briefly explain the meaning of the scottish flags. of course the flags are just part of our culture and customs that makes scotland the exception country it is. national flag wallpaper.

other traditions are also important to us such as how we celebrate burns suppers, traditional scottish christmas and of course our famous hogmanay or new year's eve, as well as valentine's day and st andrews day. if you are interested in learning more about our language, customs and culture please do browse our scottish customs & culture bookstore. however, the first scottish flag is the saltire (blue and white cross of st andrew). the second is the lion rampart or as it is correctly known rampant. national flag wallpaper. this is the lion of scotland which has a gold background with a lion standing on its hind legs. so what is the meaning of the scottish flags? the first and real scottish flag is a silver cross on a blue background, with the cross going from corner to corner, and it is known as the saltire. it is also known as st andrews cross. st andrew was one of the twelve disciples of the lord jesus christ, and it is believed that he too was crucified. national flag wallpaper. the story goes that the romans were threatened by andrew, as they said he was spreading wrong ideas among the people, so they decided to crucify him. andrew apparently did not feel he was good enough for that so asked for a different cross than jesus.

the cross was in the shape of an x which became the shape on the flag. you may be wondering what the connection is with scotland and st andrew? his fame had grown and grown, even after his death. it is believed that andrew was buried in patrae in greece and the story is told that 400 years after his death the emperor constantine decided that this little part of greece was not a suitable place for the bones of such a great saint. so st andrew’s remains were to be taken to the capital constantinople, the greatest city in the world at that time. the keeper of st andrew's remains apparently had a dream and followed the instructions in the dream travelled eventually to caledonia (or scotland) where they are said to have buried st andrew beneath the alter in the newly established church. national flag wallpaper. the simple church building was eventually replaced with an awesome cathedral, the st rule’s tower which is now beside the ruined cathedral in