after this he lived for many a long year in his castle of ercildoune , and the fame of his poetry and of his prophecies spread all over the country , so that people named him true thomas , and thomas the rhymer . i can not write down for you all the prophecies which thomas uttered , and which most surely came to pass , but i will tell you one or two . he foretold the battle of bannockburn in these words : " the burn of breid shall rin fou reid , " which came to pass on that terrible day when the waters of the little bannockburn were reddened by the blood of the defeated english .
he was famous for his prophecies .
why did people name him thomas the rhymer ?
why did people name him thomas the rhymer ?