Sentence examples for a saltire from inspiring English sources
A Saltire flag hangs proudly.
It's OK now to have a Saltire in your window.
My point isn't to wrap ourselves in a Union Jack – or a saltire for that matter.
No doubt a thistle or a Saltire will be on the shortlist.
Users had expected to see a Saltire, or Scottish national flag, pop up after they made the choice.
He outraged middle England by unveiling a Saltire in Wimbledon's royal box in honour of Andy Murray.
Google is also celebrating the day with a Doodle that depicts the Loch Ness monster in a Saltire-coloured lake.
The flag background incorporated a white saltire, a design idea that may have been borrowed from Belgium (the Spanish Netherlands), whose cross of Burgundy was a common flag motif from the 17th century.
"I'm from Jersey first and British second," said Cathy Morling from St Helier, her shoulders draped with the island's flag – white with a red saltire and a shield of three leopards.
In Poland, the official banner of the city of Kraków, (twinned with Edinburgh), feature the coat of arms of Kraków overlying a white saltire on a blue field.
An even earlier example known as the "Blue Blanket of the Trades of Edinburgh", reputedly made by Queen Margaret, wife of James III (1451 1488), also shows a white saltire on a blue field.
