Saint George day

[puntingking]

Happy St George's day everyone

[standardpostage]

Cheers. Family coming round, birthday party 
Pub near us, called The George & Dragon.
Maybe they will be busy 

[puntingking]

Cheers. Family coming round, birthday party 
Pub near us, called The George & Dragon.
Maybe they will be busy 

I should think so. Pubs near me are always busy on a sunday after 1pm anyway. 

We have the whole family coming round around early afternoon for a big feast, more so because we could not do a family gathering for easter Sunday (which we normally do every year) 

[Corus Boy]

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Yes, I'm proud to be British!

[mr.bluesky]

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Yes, I'm proud to be British!

Not wishing to be pedantic but St George is England's patron Saint  (amongst others) Wales  Scotland and Ireland have their own so proud to be English. As  English men we do not celebrate our Saint as much as the Scottish, Welsh or Irish celebrate theirs,  in fact there will be a lot of people who will probably not be aware it's St George's day today but non the less happy St George's day to all proud English men. St George as it has been pointed out before wasn't even born in England but was born in what is known as modern day Turkey and served as a soldier in the Roman army. St George is the patron Saint of many countries including Ukraine 

[daviemac]

Not wishing to be pedantic but St George is England's patron Saint  (amongst others) Wales  Scotland and Ireland have their own so proud to be English. As  English men we do not celebrate our Saint as much as the Scottish, Welsh or Irish celebrate theirs,  in fact there will be a lot of people who will probably not be aware it's St George's day today but non the less happy St George's day to all proud English men 

Never really understood him being our patron saint, he was a Turkish Roman soldier who never came to England. 

It is funny though how in England we celibate St Patrick's day more than St George's .

[Adoniron]

Never really understood him being our patron saint, he was a Turkish Roman soldier who never came to England. 

It is funny though how in England we celibate St Patrick's day more than St George's .

And to confuse matters further, St Patrick was not Irish. He was born in what is now England (or Scotland or Wales, depending on which account you believe)

[RandomGuy99]

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And obviously St Patrick did banish snakes from Ireland too

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[alftupper]

Never really understood him being our patron saint, he was a Turkish Roman soldier who never came to England. 

It is funny though how in England we celibate St Patrick's day more than St George's .

I always think of it as a great success for the Guinness marketing department.

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And obviously St Patrick did banish snakes from Ireland too

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The snake story is considered by some as an allegory for banishing pagans from Ireland. Some modern "pagans" apparently get upset by the story and consider it a tale of genocide and want to "cancel" St Patricks day.

Anyway, happy St George's day.

[timsussex]

Never really understood him being our patron saint, he was a Turkish Roman soldier who never came to England. 

It is funny though how in England we celibate St Patrick's day more than St George's .

Is that because we are too drunk to shag anyone ? 

[daviemac]

Is that because we are too drunk to shag anyone ? 

Nah, just too hung over to spell. 

[puntingking]

Not wishing to be pedantic but St George is England's patron Saint  (amongst others) Wales  Scotland and Ireland have their own so proud to be English. As  English men we do not celebrate our Saint as much as the Scottish, Welsh or Irish celebrate theirs,  in fact there will be a lot of people who will probably not be aware it's St George's day today but non the less happy St George's day to all proud English men. St George as it has been pointed out before wasn't even born in England but was born in what is known as modern day Turkey and served as a soldier in the Roman army. St George is the patron Saint of many countries including Ukraine 

I don't know much about St George. I just use the day for a good reason to have a huge family gathering, Just like easter sunday & christmas. 

[Thephoenix]

So who should we choose as England's patron saint?

[snaitram99]

So who should we choose as England's patron saint?

If you Google "first English martyr" Wikipedia gives you St. Alban, but they are conflating English and British, as he long predates the Anglo Saxon invasions. First Saxon Martyr gives you St. Edmund, who was once regarded as the patron saint before being replaced by St. George. So I would recommend St. Edmund.

Meanwhile I am happy with St. David in Wales, the only UK patron saint born in the country of which he is patron, and for those so inclined, two pilgrimages to St.David's are equal to one to Rome.

[Blackpool Rock]

So who should we choose as England's patron saint?

Sir Alf Ramsey, after all he performed a miracle that nobody has seen the like of since