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A blue garter fell from the leg of Joan of Salisbury while she was dancing with King Edward III on April 23, 1349. Some of the surrounding courtiers smiled, apparently in Schadenfreude,because they took it for an emblem of witchcraft, for which Joan could have been put to death. But Edward astounded them by putting the garter around his own knee and declaring "Honi soit qui mal y pense!" (Shame on whoever thinks there is evil in it.)

Today the Order of the Garter, represented by a blue band with those Norman French words on it, is the highest award an English Knight can receive, as a mark of special acknowledgment by the Monarch.

There is a link below to a Wikipedia article on the Knights of the Garter, which includes a picture of their badge.

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