<P> A bust of Bruce is in the Hall of Heroes of the National Wallace Monument in Stirling . </P> <P> An annual commemorative dinner has been held in his honour in Stirling since 2006 . </P> <P> According to a legend, at some point while he was on the run during the winter of 1306--07, Bruce hid in a cave on Rathlin Island off the north coast of Ireland, where he observed a spider spinning a web, trying to make a connection from one area of the cave's roof to another . It tried and failed twice, but began again and succeeded on the third attempt . Inspired by this, Bruce returned to inflict a series of defeats on the English, thus winning him more supporters and eventual victory . The story serves to illustrate the maxim: "if at first you don't succeed, try try try again ." Other versions have Bruce in a small house watching the spider try to make its connection between two roof beams . </P> <P> This legend first appears in a much later account, "Tales of a Grandfather" by Sir Walter Scott, and may have originally been told about his companion - in - arms Sir James Douglas (the "Black Douglas"), who had spent time hiding out in caves within his manor of Lintalee, which was then occupied by the English . The entire account may in fact be a version of a literary trope used in royal biographical writing . A similar story is told, for example, in Jewish sources about King David, and in Persian folklore about the Mongolian warlord Tamerlane and an ant . </P>

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