Should St Georges Day be a holiday?

[Bluejuice]

I have to agree that it is rather a wrong time of year, but at the same time I think every day should be a holiday so f*** it. Yes

 

[Bluejuice]

This post was a duplicate of the above post so I have craftily edited it so that I don't look quite so stupid.

So I should probably add something.

Er, what about another holiday in late june/ early July?

 

[Strike]

What other countries have a day where a saint is not a native to the country at all?

Germany (St George)
USA (St Patricks except for Irish Americans)

I am all for St Georges Day being a national holiday

 

[Safeway]

That, Strike, is because you are probably the most racist person to post on these here pages.

 

[Strike]

Believe it or not St Patrick was not Irish at all.

He was born somewhere along the west coast of Britain in the little settlement or village of Bannavem of Taburnia (vico banavem taburniae in his Confession), which has never been identified with certainty. Sites suggested include Dumbarton and Somerset, or the coastline of Wales or northern France; another possibility put forward for his birthplace is the settlement of Bannaventa in Northamptonshire, for raiders captured him with "many thousands of people" according to Patrick's autobiographical Confession, and sold them as slaves in Ireland.

From Wilkpedia (he could be Scottish, English, Welsh, or French).

 

[Safeway]

The Irish only chose St Patrick becase it sounds like a bit like Paddy and it gives them an excuse to drink Guinness and slag off the British for the famine of 1930-whatever.

 

[Strike]

I am not racist at all just proud to be Englsh, the same way the Irishmans proud to be a Irishman and a Italian being proud to hail from Italy.

 

[dougdeep]

History was never so interesting.

 

[Yorkie]

I prefer Lord Nelson to St George as he actually achieved something and has good pubs named after him

 

[simonsimon]

Suddenly St George does not seem so wholesome?
What's wrong with the Syphilis Arms ?

 

[oapdodge]

Should be a day off in line with the other home nations. We should be more patriotic.

 

[simonsimon]

All the Jingoists on this board who cover themselves in the flag of the patron saint of SYPHILIS seem to have gone quiet.?

 

[dougdeep]

Suddenly St Geogre does not seem so wholesome?
What's wrong with the Syphilis Arms ?

Can you explain this post to me?

 

[Kaney]

Needs 50,000 to be taken seriously?

Nearly 500,000 and almost all are yes

 

[simonsimon]

READ past threads.
argueing about st georges day or trafalgar day being a public holiday,and this led on to how many different pubs were named after said candidates.

 

[Yorkie]

What's Nelsons day?

You are trying so hard to wind people up with your anti George rantings you cannot even read TRAFALGAR day properly