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Topic History of: St George's Day (and an answer to an ITK post below)
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In The Know	<<< Wasn't Richard I practically French anyway? >>> Yes - during his whole rein he only actually spent 6 months in England.
Kev	The confusion arose when Richard I (the Lionheart) was asked by his mother (Eleanor of Acquittanie) to lead HER army on the Crusades (so naturally he wore HER colours). 'Richard The Lionheart', so called because his predicted life expectancy was about 35 years (as a Lion). He actually lived to the ripe old age of 42 therefore 'Richard The Hippopotamus Heart' (45) or 'Richard The Sulphur Crested Cockatoo Heart' (40) would probably have been more apt. I am of course talking complete bollocks. Cheers!
zooloo	In The Know wrote: Mart wrote: As people seem to particularly object to the George Cross for some reason. It's because they realise that it's a French flag ! The confusion arose when Richard I (the Lionheart) was asked by his mother (Eleanor of Acquittanie) to lead HER army on the Crusades (so naturally he wore HER colours). People associated Richard with the flag - and hence the link with England. I know a slightly differing version. For the Crusades the Pope decided that England would have a white cross on a red background - the French were granted the red cross on white. But the English already used the red cross (City of London too) so they kept on using it and the red cross became an emblem for Crusaders of differing nationalities. Wasn't Richard I practically French anyway?
In The Know	Mart wrote: As people seem to particularly object to the George Cross for some reason. It's because they realise that it's a French flag ! The confusion arose when Richard I (the Lionheart) was asked by his mother (Eleanor of Acquittanie) to lead HER army on the Crusades (so naturally he wore HER colours). People associated Richard with the flag - and hence the link with England.
zooloo	Mart wrote: Actually Zoo, your list of St George`s patronages brings the word "Martyrdom-day" to mind. It does look a like a list of things from a really great weekend. @Kev - JK isn't discriminating, it just all the other things listed obviously need a patron saint whereas herpes can get along just fine.