A Happy St George's Day from a Welsh gardener to all English gardeners
Happy Saint George's Day
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alan refail
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A Happy St George's Day from a Welsh gardener to all English gardeners
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Thankyou, too Alan, we are a patriotic lot really. 
Dear Pongeroon, i happen to know a real-life Dragon.
Dear Pongeroon, i happen to know a real-life Dragon.
Kind Regards, Old Herbaceous.
There's no fool like an old fool.
There's no fool like an old fool.
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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)
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)
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
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Pongeroon
It's a Coptic icon - so no artist known.
It's a Coptic icon - so no artist known.
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alan refail
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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
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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.
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.
Nothing is foolproof to a sufficiently talented fool.
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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. 