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Thread #68006 Message #1140788
Posted By: Dave Bryant
19-Mar-04 - 07:21 AM
Thread Name: BS: St. George's day
Subject: RE: BS: St. George's day
Kevin - At least you don't have to share St Patrick with anyone else as far as I'm aware - and at least he did spend most of his life in Ireland unlike St George who probably never even visited England on a day trip !
I do agree, however, that we English should celebrate our national day and have been involved with many folk events to that end. At one time I was involved in organising a St George's Folk Festival at Cecil Sharp House which took place on the nearest weekend to the 23rd April.
One of the other organisers was Sheila Finn of Folk London. She invariably had problems when it clashed with her mother's passover supper. "Can't you move the festival", her mum once asked, so Sheila explained that it had to be on the nearest weekend to St George's Day. "Was St George Jewish ?" was the retort.