Saint Crispian

Post by **spot** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 5:55 am

This story shall the good man teach his son;

And Crispin Crispian shall ne’er go by,

From this day to the ending of the world,

But we in it shall be remembered -

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers.

Six hundred years ago to the day, the yeoman longbow archers of Henry V's expeditionary force committed righteous mayhem on the French, and particularly on their nobility.When the king of England found himself master of the field of battle, and that the French, excepting such as had been killed or taken, were flying in all directions, he made the circuit of the plain, attended by his princes; and while his men were employed in stripping the dead, he called to him the French herald, Montjoye, king-at-arms, and with him many other French and English heralds, and said to them, “It is not we who have made this great slaughter, but the omnipotent God, and, as we believe, for a punishment of the sins of the French.

Battle of Agincourt

The French have never been quite the same since.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 10:46 am

Well...congrats on your blood-soaked holiday. We have D-Day as our big one. Although I guess you could count Independence Day as a battle-celebration. Funny...we don't have a single Civil War holiday. I guess that one was just a bit too bloody to celebrate.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:32 pm

Saint_;1488198 wrote: Well...congrats on your blood-soaked holiday.

There is no holiday Saint, we don't 'do' celebratory holidays....we don't even 'do' national day days.......we are far too modest.......that is just Spot showing off his historical knowledge.

Post by **LarsMac** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:38 pm

So who was this Crispin guy, anyway?

Post by **spot** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 1:55 pm

The patron saint of cobblers, of those who made shoes out of leather, those who stick to their last. He had a male companion who was just like him, they preached together by day, cobbled together by night and died the same martyrdom.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:05 pm

Bruv;1488213 wrote: There is no holiday Saint, we don't 'do' celebratory holidays....we don't even 'do' national day days.......we are far too modest.......that is just Spot showing off his historical knowledge.

Oh! LOL! Well, thanks for clearing up my confusion and straightening out England's image. You don't even have a "Prime Minister's Day" or a "Royal Day" or even a "Blitz Day?" How do your government workers get a day off then?

We have bunches of holidays. We love 'em so much were always trying to think up new ones. (Mostly that's just the retailers, though.) There's Thanksgiving, Christmas, July 4th, Valentine's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther Kind Day, Easter, President's Day, Good Friday, and even "Snow Day."

FourPart · Post by **FourPart** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 2:05 pm

And I thought it was Gary Lineker.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:34 pm

Saint_;1488217 wrote: Oh! LOL! Well, thanks for clearing up my confusion and straightening out England's image. You don't even have a "Prime Minister's Day" or a "Royal Day" or even a "Blitz Day?" How do your government workers get a day off then? We have bunches of holidays. We love 'em so much were always trying to think up new ones. (Mostly that's just the retailers, though.) There's Thanksgiving, Christmas, July 4th, Valentine's Day, Memorial Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther Kind Day, Easter, President's Day, Good Friday, and even "Snow Day."

Valentine's Day Saint ? Is that for the loved ones or the massacre ?

Our holidays show what a Christian country we really are.

New Year's Day January 1

Good Friday March 25

Easter Monday March 28

Early May Bank Holiday May 2

Spring Bank Holiday May 30

Summer Bank Holiday August 29

Boxing Day December 26

Christmas Day Holiday December 27

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 3:41 pm

Bruv;1488223 wrote: Valentine's Day Saint ? Is that for the loved ones or the massacre ?

Hahahahaha, good one. Actually, it's a day to sell flowers, cards, jewelry, chocolate, and give the divorce lawyers the day off.

tude dog · Post by **tude dog** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:05 pm

Saint_;1488198 wrote: We have D-Day as our big one.

That's a new one on me. One would think it big in France.

Saint_ · Post by **Saint_** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:11 pm

tude dog;1488225 wrote: That's a new one on me. One would think it big in France.

Well, it's not actually a day off work, but the papers and news always make a big deal out of it.

Bruv · Post by **Bruv** » Sun Oct 25, 2015 4:16 pm

That is St Hallmarks Valentines day really........we have the same nonsense, but we haven't made it a day off........yet.