Happy St George's Day one and all, the feast day of the patron Saint of England ..... and Bosnia & Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Georgia, Greece, Lithuania, Macedonia, Portugal, Romania Russia and Serbia.
Strange how we have a patron Saint who was from Turkey (or possibly Palestine) and never set foot in England. St George hails from the 3rd century AD. Born into a Christian family he Became a Roman soldier, protested against Rome's persecution of Christians, was imprisoned and tortured, but stayed true to his faith. He was beheaded at Lydda in Palestine.

Apparently, in addition to a host of countries, good old St George is also the patron saint of immigrants, refugees, leprosy, plague, skin diseases, agricultural workers, archers, butchers, cavalry, chivalry, farmers, horsemen, horses, knights, saddle makers, sheep, shepherds, soldiers & boy scouts.