HAPPY ST GEORGES DAY

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  1. granty the red

    granty the red Well-Known Member

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    Happy St. George’s day everyone! Be proud to be English
     
    granty the red, Apr 23, 2020
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    Always proud to be English, not always proud of England,
     
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    Shush!!
    You're not allowed to mention it, especially on the BBC

    They always give St Patrick's day a mention though but it's a travesty our national day is completely ignored. I well remember the St George's day parades through Barnsley in the 60's and 70's. Huge numbers of floats and packed crowds
     
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    Happy St George's day and happy birthday to William Shakespeare! The day has always been taught in schools but I think mass parades are a thing of the past like dancing round the maypole. The reason St Patrick's day is celebrated is because enough people make it a celebration every year.
     
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    Redhelen Well-Known Member

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    Whats happening , the weatherman on BBC1 just started his segment with a Happy St George's day!!??
     
    Redhelen, Apr 23, 2020
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    Is it ignored because they have banned saying it? Or is it simply that the Irish are known to be big drinkers (rightly or wrongly) and so people use at Patrick's Day as an excuse to get drunk and party meaning that it's bigger 'news'?

    If you want to celebrate at George's Day go right ahead. Nobody is stopping you (apart from this year)
     
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    Happy Day of the patron saint of Ethiopia, Georgia, Catalonia and England.

    Son of a Greek and a Syrian, born in Turkey, fought for the Romans and became a Muslim prophet and Christian martyr without ever visiting any of those countries that have him as a saint.
     
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    He can't have. They aren't allowed to mention it.

    Did you know that putting an England flag outside your house will get you life imprisonment?
     
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    How can you become a Muslim prophet when you died around 300 years before Islam was born?
     
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    These days, if you say you're English, you get arrested and thrown in jail
     
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    Well it does where I live.

    But Happy St. George’s Day to you all. Enjoy your day keep isolated and stay safe.
     
    arabian_ian, Apr 23, 2020
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    Where you live I'm surprised they're intelligent enough to identify different flags ;)
     
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    Jesus was also a Muslim prophet, and a Jew. The roots of Christianity, Judaism and Islam are very intertwined.

    From Wikipedia:
    Muslim legends[edit]
    George (Arabic: جرجس‎, Jiriyas or Girgus) is included in some Muslim texts as a prophetic figure. The Islamic sources state that he lived among a group of believers who were in direct contact with the last apostles of Jesus. He is described as a rich merchant who opposed erection of Apollo's statue by Mosul's king Dadan. After confronting the king, George was tortured many times to no effect, was imprisoned and was aided by the angels. Eventually, he exposed that the idols were possessed by Satan, but was martyred when the city was destroyed by God in a rain of fire.[32]

    Muslim scholars had tried to find a historical connection of the saint due to his popularity.[33] According to Muslim legend, he was martyred under the rule of Diocletian and was killed three times but resurrected every time. The legend is more developed in the Persian version of al-Tabari wherein he resurrects the dead, makes trees sprout and pillars bear flowers. After one of his deaths, the world is covered by darkness which is lifted only when he is resurrected. He is able to convert the queen but she is put to death. He then prays to God to allow him to die, which prayer is granted.[34]

    Al-Tha`labi states that he was from Palestine and lived in the times of some disciples of Jesus. He was killed many times by the king of Mosul, and resurrected each time. When the king tried to starve him, he touched a piece of dry wood brought by a woman and turned it green, with varieties of fruits and vegetables growing from it. After his fourth death, the city was burnt along with him. Ibn al-Athir's account of one of his deaths is parallel to the crucifixion of Jesus, stating, "When he died, God sent stormy winds and thunder and lightning and dark clouds, so that darkness fell between heaven and earth, and people were in great wonderment..." The account adds that the darkness was lifted after his resurrection.[33]
     
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    And he killed a gret big fk*c off Dragon. Jeez, give the man the credit he's due.
     
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    You say that but is there any evidence how big the dragon was? It might have been a cute little baby dragon for all we know
     
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    How many dragons you killed?
     
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    SuperTyke Well-Known Member

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    Would you believe me if I said 3?
     
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    Jay Well-Known Member

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    Well I've shagged at least 3, I hope it was those.
     
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    Proper Englishman then.
     
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    I echo my fellow Celt and wish everyone a happy St George's Day.
     
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