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Happy Saint Andrew's Day!

Discussion in 'Archive: Scotland' started by F16WarBird, Nov 30, 2005.

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  1. F16WarBird

    F16WarBird Jedi Youngling star 4

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  2. veritasuk

    veritasuk Jedi Padawan star 4

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    oh yes it is isnt it .

    Have a jar for me Guys.
     
  3. JED1

    JED1 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    Somebody outside of Scotland noticed! :)

    Thanks Guys! :D
     
  4. Cobranaconda

    Cobranaconda Jedi Grand Master star 7

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    :eek:

    I thought that people thought that we celebrated St. patricks day as well! Shows how wrong I am :p

    Thanks Warbird and Verity.
     
  5. Stormtrooper_fan

    Stormtrooper_fan Jedi Master star 5

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    Happy St Andrews day guys!
     
  6. Lord_Ogli

    Lord_Ogli Jedi Master star 4

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    Happy St Andrews day. So what'd this chappy do for the Scots then?
     
  7. JED1

    JED1 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    There are two reasons apparently why Andrew, who was one of the 12 Apostles and Peter's brother, was adopted as the patron saint of Scotland. One is that, in AD 345, when the Emperor, Constantine the Great, decided to translate Andrew's bones from Patras to Constantinople, St.Regulus a Greek monk, was instructed by an angel??? to take a large number of these relics to a place in the far northwest. He was told to stop at a site on the Fife coast of Scotland, where he founded the town of St.Andrews, where Prince William later went to uni!!
    The other explanation is that the seventh century Bishop of Hexham, St.Wilfrid brought back some of the saint's relics from a trip to Rome and they landed in the hands of the Scots King, Angus MacFergus, who installed them at St.Andrew's to enhance the prestige of the new bishopric. One legend concerning St. Andrew is that when the Pictish King Angus, faced with a large invading army, prayed for divine guidance, a saltire (the diagonal cross) appeared in the shape of a white cloud against the blue sky. Angus won a decisive victory and decreed that Andrew would be the patron saint of his country. It was not until after Robert Bruce's victory at the Battle of Bannockburn in 1314 however, that the Declaration of Arbroath named St. Andrew the patron saint of Scotland forever and the Saltire became the national flag in 1385.







     
  8. Lord_Ogli

    Lord_Ogli Jedi Master star 4

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    =D= Cool, I love history me.

    Didn't kil a dragon though did he [face_beatup] :p j/k
     
  9. JED1

    JED1 Jedi Grand Master star 4

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    He would have, but it was the Dragon's day off! [face_laugh]
     
  10. Lord_Ogli

    Lord_Ogli Jedi Master star 4

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    o_O Ahh touche.
     
  11. MrDankDonk

    MrDankDonk Jedi Master star 4

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    St George = turkish

    though The Sun usually avoids mentioning that.
     
  12. Failed_I_Have

    Failed_I_Have Jedi Youngling star 1

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    he's the patron saint of russia anaw is he not
     
  13. Lord_Ogli

    Lord_Ogli Jedi Master star 4

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    Well If saint Andrew was one of the 12 Apostles he'd hardly be scott now would he :p
     
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