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St. George's Day Activities

Gary Blake
LondonEats.com

Sunday, April 01, 2007

If you are in England on Monday April 23rd this year then you should be celebrating St. George's Day...

St. George's Day Activities

St. George - He slew a dragon to save a fair maiden.

According to a LondonEats.com poll - over 75% of the public think that England should have a bank holiday on St. George's Day. Are you listening Mr. Blair/Brown?

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Maybe you fancy dining at one the popular restaurants on LondonEats.com serving British fayre such as Orrery, the Clerkenwell Dining Rooms, The Lanesborough, Bankside or perhaps Butler’s Wharf Chop House.

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Of course things don’t come more English than Afternoon Tea at some of the finest hotels in the world.

If the above restaurants are a little on the "posh-nosh" side then perhaps a traditional English Café is more your style or maybe Fish 'n' Chips or Pie 'n' Mash?

Or maybe just a pint of 'warm' beer in a traditional English pub will suffice?

Facts about St. George:

Born In Turkey (then Cappadocia)

Lived in the 3rd Century

His parents were Christian

Became a Roman Solider

Protested against Rome's persecution of Christians

Imprisoned and tortured, but stayed true to his faith

Beheaded at Lydda in Palestine

Patron Saint of not only England, but also Aragon, Catalonia, Georgia, Lithuania, Palestine and Portugal

Replaced Edward The Confessor as patron saint of England in the 14th Century

The slaying of the dragon represents the Devil

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