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Happy St. George's Day fellow English folk.
Celebrating my heritage and thinking of home
Ramses nemesis Member # 4125
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quote:Originally posted by Cheekyferret: Happy St. George's Day fellow English folk.
Celebrating my heritage and thinking of home
I attenede a St. George's day parade last weekend. It wasn;t totally English though. They had a Scotish bagpipes band, something American themed, a few Hell Angels on their bikes, and even belly dancers! How English is that? I think the two exclusively English items in the parade were the shire horses (not sure if other countires have them actually) and the Morris dancers! It was a sunny day, so enjoyed the outdoors event. An English friend refused to come with me, she said there's something "BNP'ish" about St. George's day. It appears to me that a lot of the English don't do nationalism, well, certainly not in the way the Irish, Scotts, Welsh and even Cornish do it. I attended St.Pat's parade last month (can you see a pattern here, lol) and it was much more cheerful than St. George's. I love the Irish, they are just brilliant. Warm and cheerful, the exact opposite of the English .
BTW, I had a Cornish neighbour who first introduced herself as being from "the republic of Cornwall"!
Have a good one, in whichever way!
Monkey Member # 17287
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Ah, the Cornish are ace I'm down in deepest darkest Devon and I love the accent down here. Everythings "my lover" and "proper job"
Happy St George's Day folks
Cheekyferret Member # 15263
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I had to laugh at the BNP comment about English people celebrating their own Patron Saint's Day!
When did patriotism turn into racism?
I am off to a St. George's party in Cairo now...
But cheers Ramesis, your comment makes me proud to belong to an Irish family... even if I was born and bred in England