It was okay, at the Bar they didn't serve green beer this year because they were worried of being sued incase someone got sick from drinking green beer. 
How was your St. Paddies Day?
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oldnugly said:
You did better than I. I saw all the green, all the shamrocks, etc., and it STILL didn't sink in. I was preoccupied that day.
I sure don't know how they could celebrate St. Paddy's Day without my assistance, but it seems as though they muddled through. 
23rd April - St George's Day.
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Missing a trick?
Published 23-Mar-2006
Are you planning to make the most of April 23 to drive up turnover in your pub?
The campaign to celebrate St George’s Day on April 23 is well under way with more brewers, pub companies and licensees backing the cause this year than ever before.
Growing support for the campaign means that licensees are realising the commercial advantages of running an event on the day.
While pubs reap the rewards of St Patrick’s Day, it seems that St George has been snubbed and licensees could be missing out on a worthy business opportunity.
Even better for this year is the fact that St George’s Day falls on a Sunday, allowing licensees to make the most of the whole weekend of trading. Why not organise a cockney knees-up, a day of traditional English fare, a quiz night or even a maypole dancing event?
Brewer Charles Wells has estimated that publicans are missing out on over £14m of business if they do not celebrate the day. The brewer, which has been spearheading the campaign, also revealed that half a million extra pints of its Bombardier were sold in April 2004 than in the same month in 2003,thanks to promotion of the saint’s day. Also, in 2004, pub company Mitchells & Butlers saw double-digit growth across its estate, while Punch Taverns reported an increase of five per cent in cask sales during the week.
Sarah McGhie, spokeswoman for Charles Wells, said: “Pub companies and licensees have realised this is a great commercial opportunity. We have seen it grow to be the third busiest day in the pub calendar. Beer drinkers want to go out on April 23 and they are looking for pubs running patriotic events. We are seeing this become as popular as St Patrick’s day.”
The campaign got off to a flying start last month when it received consumer support from national newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper joined The Publican in partnering Charles Wells to raise awareness of the day by launching a competition for licensees to win a £5,000 party in their pub to celebrate.
The flag of St George has suffered some negative connotations within English society and has had some association with hooliganism and racism in the past. This has inevitably meant that some licensees have been reluctant to get on board and make the most of the day.
However, it really is time for licensees to take the plunge and organise events and promotions to build business and to commemorate being English.
If the Irish can celebrate then why can’t English licensees do the same?
Who was St George?
Very little is actually known about him apart from the legend of St George which shows him as a dragon slayer during medieval times.
He was born in Turkey
He was a Roman soldier who lived in the 3rd century
He was tortured and beheaded in Palestine in AD303 for defending the rights of Christians
He is the patron saint not only of England but of Georgia, Palestine, Portugal, Germany and Greece
April 23 was named as St George’s Day in 1222
He was marked as the official patron saint of England in 1425 after Henry V’s victory at the Battle of Agincourt.
Tips for St George’s Day
Go to www.thevalueofstgeorge.com for hints and tips and suggestions on how to celebrate the day
Consider organising a weekend of activity as St George’s Day falls on the weekend
Work with your local newspaper to generate footfall in your pub
Celebrate being English by showing England winning the 1966 football World Cup or the 2003 Rugby World Cup or the 2005 Ashes Series
Hold an English-themed evening with a traditional English food, quiz or music.
thepublican.com
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Missing a trick?
Published 23-Mar-2006
Are you planning to make the most of April 23 to drive up turnover in your pub?
The campaign to celebrate St George’s Day on April 23 is well under way with more brewers, pub companies and licensees backing the cause this year than ever before.
Growing support for the campaign means that licensees are realising the commercial advantages of running an event on the day.
While pubs reap the rewards of St Patrick’s Day, it seems that St George has been snubbed and licensees could be missing out on a worthy business opportunity.
Even better for this year is the fact that St George’s Day falls on a Sunday, allowing licensees to make the most of the whole weekend of trading. Why not organise a cockney knees-up, a day of traditional English fare, a quiz night or even a maypole dancing event?
Brewer Charles Wells has estimated that publicans are missing out on over £14m of business if they do not celebrate the day. The brewer, which has been spearheading the campaign, also revealed that half a million extra pints of its Bombardier were sold in April 2004 than in the same month in 2003,thanks to promotion of the saint’s day. Also, in 2004, pub company Mitchells & Butlers saw double-digit growth across its estate, while Punch Taverns reported an increase of five per cent in cask sales during the week.
Sarah McGhie, spokeswoman for Charles Wells, said: “Pub companies and licensees have realised this is a great commercial opportunity. We have seen it grow to be the third busiest day in the pub calendar. Beer drinkers want to go out on April 23 and they are looking for pubs running patriotic events. We are seeing this become as popular as St Patrick’s day.”
The campaign got off to a flying start last month when it received consumer support from national newspaper The Daily Telegraph. The newspaper joined The Publican in partnering Charles Wells to raise awareness of the day by launching a competition for licensees to win a £5,000 party in their pub to celebrate.
The flag of St George has suffered some negative connotations within English society and has had some association with hooliganism and racism in the past. This has inevitably meant that some licensees have been reluctant to get on board and make the most of the day.
However, it really is time for licensees to take the plunge and organise events and promotions to build business and to commemorate being English.
If the Irish can celebrate then why can’t English licensees do the same?
Who was St George?
Very little is actually known about him apart from the legend of St George which shows him as a dragon slayer during medieval times.
He was born in Turkey
He was a Roman soldier who lived in the 3rd century
He was tortured and beheaded in Palestine in AD303 for defending the rights of Christians
He is the patron saint not only of England but of Georgia, Palestine, Portugal, Germany and Greece
April 23 was named as St George’s Day in 1222
He was marked as the official patron saint of England in 1425 after Henry V’s victory at the Battle of Agincourt.
Tips for St George’s Day
Go to www.thevalueofstgeorge.com for hints and tips and suggestions on how to celebrate the day
Consider organising a weekend of activity as St George’s Day falls on the weekend
Work with your local newspaper to generate footfall in your pub
Celebrate being English by showing England winning the 1966 football World Cup or the 2003 Rugby World Cup or the 2005 Ashes Series
Hold an English-themed evening with a traditional English food, quiz or music.
thepublican.com
I gotta hand it to you Blackleaf, if I said half the snobby crap you post I would of been spending all day arguing with people, with you however, they either seem to agree Brits are the best thing that ever happened to humanity, or, they are just ignoring you.
Re: RE: How was your St. Paddies Day?
In the end, being the enterprising Irishwoman that I am, that is exactly what I did. In fact isn't that what St Patrick's day is? Making every St Paddy's day the worst one ever, no matter what horrible circumstances you're in? :lol:
Jay said:
In the end, being the enterprising Irishwoman that I am, that is exactly what I did. In fact isn't that what St Patrick's day is? Making every St Paddy's day the worst one ever, no matter what horrible circumstances you're in? :lol:
I think not said:
The English are wonderful, they're the most civilized and self-effacing people, and are not prone to posturing and preening.
Blackleaf, on the other hand, is quite the enigma. I find his constant boasting and contempt for anything not English to be more typical of a highly insecure child than an adult, yet obviously our Blackleaf isn't an insecure child.
That leaves only one other possibility: he is just being funny. That's how I interpret his posts now, as a good bit of sardonic wit, so subtle as to almost pass as serious. Since then, I find his posts infinitely more enjoyable to read.
Canadian, Jay, with a solid Scottish background. My family on my mother's side was pretty anti-English, but I am not.
I spent it at work unfortunately. I wore green, including my St Patricks day tiara (green with sparkles and some clovers on it). The baby's seemed to love it, but the other nurses mostly ignored it. We had a belated St Patricks day celebration on Sunday, but had it in a Mexican restaurant... So, I proposed that we go to an Irish pub for Cinqo de mayo or whatever it's called.
There should be a new flag for the English people. One that has the White English dragon on it.
"Moves are now under way to once again raise the White Dragon flag, not as the flag of England, but as the flag of the ethnic-English community within England. We need to see our banner flown as a signal to everyone else that although we may well have been forgotten about by our beloved leaders we most certainly have not gone away and we are once again finding our voice."
The White Dragon Flag of the English
This would be similar to the Red Dragon flag of the Welsh -
The English have the White Dragon and the Welsh have the Red Dragon because when the Anglo-Saxon armies fought the Celts, the Anglo-Saxons carried banners with white dragons on them and the Celts carried banners with red dragons on them.
The years around 450 AD witnessed the landing, in what was then Celtic Britain, of the first Anglo-Saxon war bands who were to go on and lay the foundation stones of what was to become the English Nation. Two of these warrior traders, Hengest and Horsa, together with their Saxon, Angle and Jutish followers are traditionally regarded as the founders of England. From the coast they gradually pushed inland up the rivers with small squadrons of ships whose crews became the founders of new communities as they advanced from East to West through Celtic Britain.During the next four centuries, the Saxon, Angle and Juttish settlers together with the northern Vikings, would become known collectively as the English. History records that the White Dragon was their emblem.
Various accounts of the times record many battles between armies carrying the Celtic British Red Dragon Banner (now the Welsh Dragon) and the white dragon flag of the early English. Legend has it that the defeat of their Celtic enemies by the early English was foretold in a prophecy. It goes that in an underground lake slept two dragons. The Britons were represented by a red dragon and the English by a white dragon. When they awoke they started fighting and the red dragon was overcome by the white one, symbolically representing the victory of the Anglo-Saxons over their Celtic adversaries.
The White Dragon was the emblem of Wessex, the territory of the West Saxons. It is the banner under which King Alfred the Great defeated the great Viking Army at the Battle of Edington and it was the banner carried by the mighty King Athelstan when he smashed the combined armies of the Scots, Welsh, Norse and Irish at the Battle of Brananburgh in 937. The Dragon was flown by Harold II, when he destroyed the Norse army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 and it was the banner under which he and his warriors fought to the death, three weeks later protecting their homeland from invasion. The White Dragon flag of the English is shown on the battle scene of the tapestry sewn by Englishwomen to commemorate the battle. It is also seen displayed on the same tapestry featuring a scene at Westminster Abbey during the crowning ceremony for the usurper, William the Bastard.
Moves are now under way to once again raise the White Dragon flag, not as the flag of England, but as the flag of the ethnic-English community within England. We need to see our banner flown as a signal to everyone else that although we may well have been forgotten about by our beloved leaders we most certainly have not gone away and we are once again finding our voice.
In a world with few certainties this flag tells us who we are and from where we have come. It imparts a sense of permanence and continuity. It is a symbol of our identity, our common history, tradition and of the kinship of all the Anglo-Saxon people. It is also a stark reminder that in multi-cultural England unless we embrace these things then we will surely die.
Look for the sign of the White Dragon and you will find a friend….
wearetheenglish.com
"Moves are now under way to once again raise the White Dragon flag, not as the flag of England, but as the flag of the ethnic-English community within England. We need to see our banner flown as a signal to everyone else that although we may well have been forgotten about by our beloved leaders we most certainly have not gone away and we are once again finding our voice."
The White Dragon Flag of the English
This would be similar to the Red Dragon flag of the Welsh -
The English have the White Dragon and the Welsh have the Red Dragon because when the Anglo-Saxon armies fought the Celts, the Anglo-Saxons carried banners with white dragons on them and the Celts carried banners with red dragons on them.
The years around 450 AD witnessed the landing, in what was then Celtic Britain, of the first Anglo-Saxon war bands who were to go on and lay the foundation stones of what was to become the English Nation. Two of these warrior traders, Hengest and Horsa, together with their Saxon, Angle and Jutish followers are traditionally regarded as the founders of England. From the coast they gradually pushed inland up the rivers with small squadrons of ships whose crews became the founders of new communities as they advanced from East to West through Celtic Britain.During the next four centuries, the Saxon, Angle and Juttish settlers together with the northern Vikings, would become known collectively as the English. History records that the White Dragon was their emblem.
Various accounts of the times record many battles between armies carrying the Celtic British Red Dragon Banner (now the Welsh Dragon) and the white dragon flag of the early English. Legend has it that the defeat of their Celtic enemies by the early English was foretold in a prophecy. It goes that in an underground lake slept two dragons. The Britons were represented by a red dragon and the English by a white dragon. When they awoke they started fighting and the red dragon was overcome by the white one, symbolically representing the victory of the Anglo-Saxons over their Celtic adversaries.
The White Dragon was the emblem of Wessex, the territory of the West Saxons. It is the banner under which King Alfred the Great defeated the great Viking Army at the Battle of Edington and it was the banner carried by the mighty King Athelstan when he smashed the combined armies of the Scots, Welsh, Norse and Irish at the Battle of Brananburgh in 937. The Dragon was flown by Harold II, when he destroyed the Norse army at the Battle of Stamford Bridge in 1066 and it was the banner under which he and his warriors fought to the death, three weeks later protecting their homeland from invasion. The White Dragon flag of the English is shown on the battle scene of the tapestry sewn by Englishwomen to commemorate the battle. It is also seen displayed on the same tapestry featuring a scene at Westminster Abbey during the crowning ceremony for the usurper, William the Bastard.
Moves are now under way to once again raise the White Dragon flag, not as the flag of England, but as the flag of the ethnic-English community within England. We need to see our banner flown as a signal to everyone else that although we may well have been forgotten about by our beloved leaders we most certainly have not gone away and we are once again finding our voice.
In a world with few certainties this flag tells us who we are and from where we have come. It imparts a sense of permanence and continuity. It is a symbol of our identity, our common history, tradition and of the kinship of all the Anglo-Saxon people. It is also a stark reminder that in multi-cultural England unless we embrace these things then we will surely die.
Look for the sign of the White Dragon and you will find a friend….
wearetheenglish.com
Re: RE: How was your St. Paddies Day?
You're quite right, of course. I just never think of humans as anything but human, ie the human race.
Oh, and yes, in the sense you mean, my maternal family was most decidedly racist against the English, to the point of disowning a member of the family simply for having married an Englishman.
Blackleaf said:
You're quite right, of course. I just never think of humans as anything but human, ie the human race.
Oh, and yes, in the sense you mean, my maternal family was most decidedly racist against the English, to the point of disowning a member of the family simply for having married an Englishman.