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Some time later Mungo left Scotland for a period but he was asked back by King Rhydderch Hael whose kingdom was based in Dumbarton, farther down the River Clyde. Glasgow`s coat of arms takes its symbol of a salmon with a ring in its mouth from this period and the ring was a present from the king to his wife Languoreth who was having a relationship with a young soldier. She foolishly gave him the ring and one day the king found the soldier asleep, saw the ring, removed it from the soldier`s finger and threw it into the River Clyde. He then challenged his wife to show him the ring and when she was unable to do so she was cast into a cell. In her desperation she asked Mungo for help and he had someone catch a salmon from the river. And, yes, the ring was found inside the fish.
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