A peasant called Hay and his sons, armed with plough-yokes, attacking the Danes. The defeat of the Danes by Kenneth III King of Scotland at the battle of Luncarty, circa 990 AD, near Perth, Scotland

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Illustration by Alfred Pearse (1855-1933) from a history of the Scottish People published in 1893. According to the text the Scots were fleeing down a narrow lane from the Danes when a peasant called Hay and his 2 sons armed themselves with plough-yokes and attacked the Danes barring the pass and forcing the Scots to rejoin the fray. As a result the Scots rallied and defeated the Danes with great slaughter.

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