DEEJAYKEG Posted April 22, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted April 22, 2013 To all proud Englishmen and women, it is nearly time to celebrate our national day! 23 April is Saint George's Day! Let's make an effort to enjoy and to celebrate our patron saint's feast day and do something English! Drink some English beer! Wear your favourite England football or rugby shirt! Rescue a damsel in distress! Most of all, do enjoy our unofficial national anthem that I present to you below; here are the lyrics if you would like to sing along (though true Englishmen will be unable to read them through the tears of pride by the second verse!). "And did those feet in ancient time.Walk upon England's mountains green:And was the holy Lamb of God,On England's pleasant pastures seen!And did the Countenance Divine,Shine forth upon our clouded hills?And was Jerusalem builded here,Among these dark Satanic Mills?Bring me my Bow of burning gold;Bring me my Arrows of desire:Bring me my Spear: O clouds unfold!Bring me my Chariot of fire!I will not cease from Mental Fight,Nor shall my Sword sleep in my hand:Till we have built Jerusalem,In England's green & pleasant Land" Jerusalem by William Blake, 1804. Note to those who have not been blessed to be English: England is one of the four countries comprising the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (UK). The name of the country is not interchangeable with "Great Britain" or "the UK". Due to historical differences of opinion, you risk causing great offence to citizens from UK countries outside England if you refer to them as "English". The appropriate way to describe someone from the UK, if you do not know with certainty that they are English, is as a "Briton". The flag of England is the Cross of Saint George (pictured above) and it is one of the constituent crosses in the Union Flag of the United Kingdom (the others being those of St Andrew and St Patrick). About Saint George: http://www.bbc.co.uk/history/historic_figures/george_st.shtml baldie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
baldie Posted April 22, 2013 Member ID: 607 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 75 Topic Count: 244 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 3341 Content Per Day: 0.63 Reputation: 2611 Achievement Points: 33746 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 10/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 7 hours ago Birthday: 09/16/1966 Device: Windows Share Posted April 22, 2013 Nice one mate I have a few Beers Planned for tomorrow.... English and very Proud DEEJAYKEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
afroman1970 Posted April 22, 2013 Member ID: 3907 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 2 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 65 Content Per Day: 0.02 Reputation: 19 Achievement Points: 383 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/15/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: February 20, 2016 Birthday: 11/21/1970 Share Posted April 22, 2013 happy birthday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 22, 2013 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.23 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.17 Reputation: 4984 Achievement Points: 50727 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11 Device: Kindle Fire Author Share Posted April 22, 2013 happy birthday Thank you for the good wishes but our country was not "born" but evolved over millennia. "England" did not exist until around a thousand years ago. Before then, there were numerous kingdoms here and the Vikings, from Scandinavia, shaped the country and its language with their occupation of the "Danelaw". It was last invaded and conquered in 1066 by the Normans - Norse warriors living in Northern France. http://youtu.be/-GLRNnEmwdU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
TheLastColdBeer Posted April 22, 2013 Member ID: 489 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 51 Topic Count: 548 Topics Per Day: 0.10 Content Count: 4673 Content Per Day: 0.87 Reputation: 5862 Achievement Points: 41098 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 14 Joined: 09/22/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 19 hours ago Birthday: 01/09/1963 Device: Kindle Fire Share Posted April 22, 2013 Right, I'll fly the St.George's flag (under the Stars & Stripes) for you Englishmen tomorrow. Might even open a pint of Fullers. You better appreciate it! From a Yankee Paddy. Even Brophy's were proud of the empire. DEEJAYKEG 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Awards
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