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A Happy St George's Day from a Welsh gardener to all English gardeners

Thank you Alan, a nice piece of art. Any idea who the artist is?

Just between the two of us, I have more regard for dragons than saints.

Thankyou, too Alan, we are a patriotic lot really.

Dear Pongeroon, i happen to know a real-life Dragon.

Thank you.
It's all mythology - it is highly unlikely he was ever anywhere near England.

Before Edward III (I think) brought him to the fore, St Edward the Confessor was more revered (and some try to promote St Alban)

Pongeroon

It's a Coptic icon - so no artist known.

Stephen wrote:Thank you.
It's all mythology - it is highly unlikely he was ever anywhere near England.

Before Edward III (I think) brought him to the fore, St Edward the Confessor was more revered (and some try to promote St Alban)

Like most myths, he has proved very persistent. He's very popular as a patron saint in many countries. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George

A Russian icon:

Alan

As you say, very popular imagery.
And I am sure that there are some opportunities for idisyncratic twinning there...

He's also patron saint of soldiers, archers, cavalry and chivalry, farmers and field workers, riders and saddlers, and he helps those suffering from leprosy, plague and syphilis. In recent years he has been adopted as patron saint of Scouts.

Went across to our town centre on St Georges day to show appreciation to the Anglian Regs march past. As one who sends parcels on a fairly regular basis, was rather disappointed to be told by one of the young lads who had recently returned from Afghanistan, that they had received no parcels, it would seem that this grateful government have not got enough helicopters.