Thanks Wotcha. I don't know about that Tuesday, but if I ever do show up at the Royal Mile again, do you think someone would sing it for me then? I'd love to hear it.
Hi Adolfo. I think my cousin spent part of her time in Spain living in Barcelona, but I think she lived in a few other places while she was there as well. She went to university in Spain, and then she taught English there for a few years before she came back to the US. I heard that she really loved living there.
I was inspired by katlaughing's post to see what I could find out about the flag of Nova Scotia myself. This is what one site had to say about it...
"The graceful flag of Nova Scotia was the first flag in the overseas Commonwealth to be authorized by Royal Charter. It is derived from the ancient Arms granted in 1625 by King Charles I. In response to a petition of the province in 1929, a Royal Warrant of King George V revoked the modern Arms that had been put in place with Confederation. The Ancient and Honourable Arms were restored to be 'borne for the said Province of Nova Scotia upon Seals, Shields, Banners or otherwise according to the Laws of Arms.' The flag consists of Arms, with the cross of Saint Andrew extended in a rectangle three-quarters as wide as its length. It is a symbol of the crown in the right of the province, and its use today is determined by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. It is now flown on provincial buildings, and on public and private flagstaffs throughout the province. Its first usage in the modern era was on the high seas, when it flew at the masthead of many Nova Scotian merchant ships in the boisterous age of sail."
But it seems that there is some dispute over whether or not Nova Scotia actually has an official flag for public use...
http://fraser.cc/FlagsCan/Provinces/NS.html
From what I've been reading, it appears that it's not uncommon to find different versions of the histories of a number of flags.