Queen Mary obviously didn't do as she was requested, and she went on to lose the battle and was forced to flee to England where she sought asylum from her cousin, Queen Elizabeth. This was an unfortunate choice which eventually led to her trial and then her execution on the 8th of February 1587.
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Loof or Luif is an old Scots word for palm, and the name is said to have originated with a local fortune-teller who offered to tell Mary Queen of Scots her fate at the upcoming Battle of Langside (on a site near this pub) in 1568, as long as she crossed her loof (or palm) with silver.
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A threshold mosaic at the entrance to the Corona Bar on Pollokshaws Road on the Southside of Glasgow. The symbol in the middle is a play on the local place name Crossmyloof.
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Fower oufant wivies stude,
Ane at ilka poster,
As the wee May o’ Caledon
Said her Pater Noster…
—Lewis Spence’s “The Wee May o’ Caledon” imagines Mary Queen of Scots as a child, visited by four fairy crones who cast her doom
from A KIST O SKINKLAN THINGS
https://asls.org.uk/publications/books/volumes/a-kist-o-skinlan-things/
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Mary, Queen of Scots was beheaded #OnThisDay, 8 February, 1587, on the orders of Elizabeth I of England – her first cousin once removed.
Consider the way she had to go,
Think of the hungry snare,
The net she herself had woven,
Aware or unaware…
—Marion Angus, “Alas! Poor Queen”
Published in TURN OF THE DAY (1931) – online via the National Library of Scotland
https://digital.nls.uk/works-by-selected-scottish-authors/archive/129159433?mode=fullsize
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Mary and Elizabeth #OnThisDay
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://theorkneynews.scot/2026/02/01/mary-and-elizabeth-onthisday/
Lochhead’s Mary
26 March, Perth. £7.50/£5
Liz Lochhead’s Mary Queen of Scots Got Her Head Chopped Off is one of the most iconic plays in modern Scottish theatre. This special event will reflect on Lochhead’s enduring influence on Scottish writing & identity
https://www.culturepk.org.uk/event/lochheads-mary/
#Scottish #literature #theatre #drama #LizLochhead #MaryQueenofScots #history #identity #ScottishIdentity
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