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Thread #33470 Message #4218727
Posted By: GUEST,Peter Cripps
09-Mar-25 - 06:41 AM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: St George's Day songs (April 23)
Subject: RE: Lyr Req: St George's Day songs (April 23)
St George (Smith) lived in Gloucestershire! At Deerhurst Walton. He cut off the head of a serpent that was terrorising the village, after requests to the King for help had been ignored. They put up a statue (of the dragon) in Deerhurst Church, and George married the farmer's daughter, and the Smith family still farm that land to this day!