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Dave Boden @bodendave.bsky.social

Well. She wasn't wrong. St George isn't English, born and bred in Clacton! And there a few other places that claim him as their patron saint.

aug 25, 2025, 6:11 pm • 0 0

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Twlldun @twlldun.bsky.social

Only one of the four U.K. patron saints is born and bred in the country they came from but nobody feels the need to tell Scotland St Andrew isn’t from Leith, do they

aug 25, 2025, 6:13 pm • 1 0 • view
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Dave Boden @bodendave.bsky.social

Nope 😊

aug 25, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Dave Boden @bodendave.bsky.social

But then I don't read that Welsh, Scottish or Irish are wrapping their saints' flags around lamp posts and vandalising peoples property and roundabouts??

aug 25, 2025, 6:22 pm • 1 0 • view