The Thistle is a Scottish ladies'
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step dance devised by Irene Fidler and published in 2007.
[Fidler, Irene (2007). Ladies' Step Dances. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. p. 4-5.]
This elegant dance performed to a set of waltzes
builds on a rich yet relatively little known tradition of Scottish step dancing as maintained within the frame of annual St. Andrew's Summer School of the Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
The flower of
thistle
Thistle is the common name of a group of flowering plants characterised by leaves with sharp prickles on the margins, mostly in the family Asteraceae. Prickles can also occur all over the planton the stem and on the flat parts of the leaves ...
is reported to have been the symbol of Scotland since 1470s.
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External links
*{{Youtube, iRo8gpAgFQk, "The Thistle, a Scottish Ladies' Step dance"
Scottish step dances