I was going to post this as a non-music thread, but on reflection I think this ties in with the general disinterest in English folk music

Notice how St Patrick's day is so widely celebrated (yes, in England too), and how Irish music is thriving...St Andrew gets a healthy acknowledgment, and Scots music is doing okay...if St George had known about the current state of the English tradition he might have thought twice about fighting the dragon

Come to think of it, wasn't St George Turkish?