Kingdom of Scotland
The term schilling or shilling was in use in Scotland from early medieval times.
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Famous quotes containing the words kingdom of, kingdom and/or scotland:
“The “kingdom of heaven” is a condition of the heart—not something that comes “above the earth” or “after death.””
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“Was I not born in this Realm? Were my parents born in any foreign country?... Is not my Kingdom here? Whom have I oppressed? Whom have I enriched to other’s harm? What turmoil have I made to this Commonwealth that I should be suspected to have no regard of the same?”
—Elizabeth I (1533–1603)
“Four and twenty at her back
And they were a’ clad out in green;
Tho the King of Scotland had been there
The warst o’ them might hae been his Queen.
On we lap and awa we rade
Till we cam to yon bonny ha’
Whare the roof was o’ the beaten gold
And the floor was o’ the cristal a’.”
—Unknown. The Wee Wee Man (l. 21–28)