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Lost in the Myths of Time:Thomas the Rhymer
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In the second day of our myths and legends series, Ian Johnston
asks if there is any basis for believing the words of Thomas the
Rhymer, the man known as Scotland's Nostradamus, credited with
predicting the Battle of Bannockburn
HE WAS said to have predicted the death of King Alexander III, the
battle of Bannockburn and the succession of a Scottish king to the
English throne. Such is the chilling accuracy of his supposed
soothsaying that the fame of Thomas the Rhymer, Scotland's own
Nostradamus, has lasted more than 700 years after his death.
The folk-rock band Steeleye Span sang of him, and ...
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