Compléter Fill in exercise: SymbolsVersion en ligne Unit 6 Fact Files of the UK. Listening exercise. par Liliana Nederita 1 leeks shriek plundering conclusive tenacious weary contending thistle convivial slaughter a ) The Lancastrians and the Yorkists were the two houses for the English throne in the Wars of the Roses . b ) The Norsemen landed in Scotland with the intention of and settling in the country . c ) As they arrived late in the day , and tired after a long march , they pitched their camp and rested , not expecting the enemy before the next day . d ) They intended to take the Scots by surprise and them in their sleep . e ) One of the Norsemen stepped on a . f ) The sudden and sharp pain he felt caused him to . g ) There is evidence that the Welshmen wore on St . David's Day in Shakespeare's time . i ) An equally observance on St . Patric's day is wearing the shamrock , the aspect of the Irish loyalty to their patron saint .