To all the English and England.

Happy St georges day!

ST GEORGE OF ENGLAND

By shamrock, leek and thistle
We know the Celtic tribes,
Saints Andrew, Patrick, David,
They have their several scribes.

In Gaelic, Erse and Cymric
They chant their patrons' praise,
And wear with pride their emblems
Upon the festive days.

But English on St. George’s Day
Do seldom wear the Rose,
Though still in many an English heart
The ancient passion glows.

The red cross flies for Shakespeare,
The red cross flies for George,
While yet the soul of England
Is hammered on the forge;

But when the soul of England
Arise from present gloom,
That Rose in resurrection
Shall blaze in brighter bloom.

On this St. George’s Day, then,
That saw our Shakespeare born,
The Rose is rooted in our hearts -
And we can bear the thorn.

Happy St George's day to you too sir. Ale tonight methinks

Have a great St. Georges Day.

Incidentally the poem quoted by british_patriot was written by Laurence Cotterell.

happy st georges day to all that care, we will put GREAT! back into britain

Happy St George's day

THAT IS AWESOME GET ME SOME DARTS, I NEED SOME DARTS NOW!
next time ask if you can put my dart board on the um!! lol

HA HA HA HA HA ISN'T THIS LEE JASPERS BUM BOY, LOL KICK HIM OUT £2.00 FOR A BUS RIDE, MY a***!

glad i got in, this thread might get closed for being racist!!! lol

Greetings and love to all.....





What are going for billyhill...treble twenty or bullseye?

Feliç Sant Jordi, No oblidéu Catalunya!

Happy St George's Day!!!

If I didn't have to go to work early tomorrow I would be out on the piss right now!!!

How would you like to translate that for us

Yeh happy St George's day!!
Why is'nt the 23rd of April a bank holiday in England?
Proud to be English!

Good point!

I don't know, but I will tell you this, around where I live, last year on St George's Day many of the pubs were told NOT to put up flags etc lest it may offend those of other nationalities. However, one pub took exception to this and, as they had done in the previous years, without any trouble I hasten to add, placed flags and banners celebrating St George's Day. Actually there were two pubs which did this, and one of them was where my husband, friends and I drank that day

I'm from the U.S. sorry I never herd of St. Georges day but to all that celebrate have a GREAT DAY.

Facts About good ol' George...

Who was St George?
A good question and one that's hard to answer with any great degree of accuracy. Generally though, it's held that he was born in Turkey to Christian parents in the third century AD. When his father died, he and his mother moved to Palestine, where he became a soldier during the reign of Roman emperor Diocletian (245-313). Unfortunately, Diocletian was a bitter opponent of Christianity. George apparently told the Emperor that he was too harsh in his treatment of Christians, and when he left the army George was imprisoned and tortured for seven years. Eventually, after refusing to recant, George was beheaded at Lydda in Palestine.

How did St George become England's patron saint?
The elevation of St George to patron saint status took some time but began when he was accorded a minor religious feast day by the Oxford synod in 1222. By the end of the 14th century he'd been adopted as England's patron saint and in 1415, the year of the battle of Agincourt, Archbishop Chichele ordered St George's Day to be observed like Christmas Day.

Where does the St George's flag come from?
The flag of St George – which is shown as a red cross on a white background, symbolising his martyrdom – became the uniform for English soldiers probably as far back as the reign of Richard 1 and became England's flag at some point in the late Thirteenth century. The cross was incorporated into the Union Jack when the Act of Union took place in 1707.

Is he purely an English saint?
Far from it – in fact St George is also the patron saint of Portugal and Lithuania and St George's Day is a huge event in Catalonia where everyone wears red roses to commemorate it. In many countries St George is associated with fertility and his day marks the very beginning of summer.

Did you know...?
It's an odd, but apparently true, fact that Shakespeare was born and died on St George's Day – obviously several years apart!



(Taken from www.raisingkids.com)

When my kids came home from primary school today, i asked them did you's do anything for St George's day... They looked at me and said who is George.. Apparently it never even got a mention which i think is a disgrace!

Happy St. Georges day!
I'm a yank but used to live in Edinburgh and have a God daughter in London.
I love England and the UK. Have fun all!

i completly agree, i am a brit living in norway. And every year on the 17th of may they celebrate their national day of independence, they all have the day off, and you can see how proud they are to be norwegian. And every year i think man England needs to regain some pride in its self. I know there are a lot of proud english as i am one of them.
I am sick of hearing no we can fly our flag. i remember reading in an english newspaper when the world cup was on that cab drivers werent alowed to wear england shirts or shirts with an english motive on it, because of offending other nationalities. sorry but if they are offended then that is their problem and should consider moving to another country. LONG LIVE ST GEORGE'S DAY

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Its just "Merry Saint George's day, don't forget about Catalonia". Saint George (Sant Jordi) is also the patron saint of Catalonia and it is widely celebrated there as the main national holiday.