Four Fingers of Blood
Trip Start
Apr 01, 1988
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Legend has it that whilst still a vassal of the Carolingian emperor, Guifré el Pelós (Wilfred the Hairy) Count of Barcelona was wounded in battle against the Moors. The appropriately named Frankish king, Charles the Bald, realised that without their leader the Catalan troops would be much less motivated on the following day. He grabbed a golden shield, plunged his fingers into Guifré's wounds and wiped them across the surface of the shield. The next day, the Catalan troops went into battle under the standard and won the battle. This flag is now the Senyera, the Catalan flag.
