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Brendan Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > St George did exist. He was a soldier in the Roman > Army and came from Turkey I think. He did > something in Spain which is why he is their > Patron. Then it had something to do with the > crusaders that he ended up being celebrated as > patron in Britian. I think anyway go look it up or > summing I'm supposed to be working. He was actually Palestinian, the funny thing is a lot of the far right think he was English :) Something like 15 other countries have him as a patron saint too, it's by no means an 'English' day either.

Marmora Man Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I see the EDT is holding national days - St > Patrick's on 17 March & St George's on 23 April. > > Questions: > > 1. Will they also be celebrating St David's & St > Andrew's Days? > > 2. What is appropriate dress for each of the > various days? Do I have to dig out my Morris Man > outfit for 23 April, find a daffodil for St David, > a kilt for St Andrew and dye my hair green for St > Patrick? PSST. I think it might just be a ruse to sell more beer. I don't think they've thought about it too much. I like the hand-drawn 'Irishman' on the sign outside EDT at the moment though. I presume for the St George's one they'll draw an England fan throwing a plastic chair across a continental market square to keep with the theme.

Moos Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello 'lenk'. What are you going to do when you > run out of letters of the alphabet? 3 down.... 23 > to go. I guess I'll have to try and recombine the letters of the alphabet in some other way. I'll burn that bridge when I get there, yeah?

Hopefully they'll put something in place to deter the verminous children that turn the place into an upmarket version of a Wacky Warehouse at weekends. Thrash metal on the jukebox and loads of unattended power tools lying around in the beer garden should do the trick.