Yep - today is St George’s day - the national day of England.
St George, for the uninitiated, is the patron saint of England.
He was born in Turkey, was a soldier in the Roman Army and spent most of his life in Palestine - an obvious choice for our patron saint then.
The bit about the dragon was made up also.
Written by exmonkey on April 23rd, 2005 with
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davey wavey
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May 2nd, 2005, at 8:01 PM.
yeah and portugal too (for the record). Maybe they later sold him to us with Port wine. Or was it when a portugese sailor got washed up at Littlehampton dressed as a dragon…
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#1. April 23rd, 2005, at 8:33 PM.
Also patron saint of Barcelona. And revered in Lithuania as guardian of animals - so that must be the English link.