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Saint-Sébastien-sur-Loire - Porthcawl
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The origin of the leek as a national symbol dates back from a battle against the Saxons that the Welsh would have waged and won.

As uniform did not exist at that time, it was decided to fix the leeks; which grew near the battlefield, on Welsh hats in order to distinguish friends from foes. The legend reports that it was Saint David, the patron saint of the Welsh, that had prompted the stratagem.

That emblems would also have been used by the famous Welsh archers, led by Henry V, during the battle against the French at Agincourt.

On Saint David's Day, leeks or daffodils belong to the costume in Wales. There is still a tradition held in high honour among the Welsh regiments which consists in eating a blade of leek on that day.
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