St George is, inter alia, the Patron Saint of:
Portugal, Georgia, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Agricultural workers, Moscow, Catalonia, Aragon,Majorca, Palestinian Christians, Beirut, Butchers, Freemasons, Armourers, Field workers, Horsemen, Knights, Shepherds, Saddlers, Sheep, Horses, Syphilitics, Herpes sufferers, Soldiers and Skin diseases
Oh and England too of course.....!The poor chap must be knackered!
Ha ha ha ... each year again I am looking forward to this very homage.
ReplyDeleteI couldn't disappoint you Sean!
ReplyDeleteOde to St George :-)
ReplyDeleteQuite a job that. And why are soldiers grouped with skin diseases and not with Freemasons, to use one example?
ReplyDeleteIndeed Cherie!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if that it is because they were (once at least) more likely to contract the former than join the latter the lower ranks anyway!