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I was at the William Wallace Memorial in Sterling Scotland in June of 1998.
They have a replica of his sword that you can hold and swing around... it is almost 5 1/2 FEET long and weighs about 30 pounds. They mostly set the sword in place and let the knights impale themselves on it as they charged. The battle at Sterling is what first made Wallace famous... a narrow bridge over the river - nobody could get by him.
That is his actual sword in the case... from 1305.
It's hilt is wrapped in leather - kinda. He had a habit of cutting strips of flesh from his slain enemies and wrapping it around his sword handle.
William Wallace was something like 6'5"... a giant in his day.
Mel Gibson is 5'9"... not exactly comparable!
An admirer of the movie carved a likeness of Mel as Wallace out of a log... it was on display in the parking lot when I was there... it heard that later it was torched by an outraged Wallace supporter.
Did he yell FREEEEEEEEEEEEDOOOOOOOOOOOOM the entire way?
Ok, that is kind of cool!
Now's the day, and now's the hour: See the front o' battle lour, See approach proud Edward's power - Chains and slaverie!
Wha will be a traitor knave? Wha will fill a coward's grave? Wha sae base as be a slave? - Let him turn, and flee!
Wha for Scotland's King and Law Freedom's sword will strongly draw, Freeman stand or freeman fa', Let him follow me!
By oppression's woes and pains, By your sons in servile chains, We will drain our dearest veins But they shall be free!
Lay the proud usurpers low! Tyrants fall in every foe! Liberty's in every blow! Let us do or dee!
-Bobbie Burns
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Is that Wallace's skeleton, and if so, where does it rest?