St George’s day is on 23 April. It commemorates the dead of this saint on 23 April in 303 AD. It is celebrated by a lot of countries, catholic as and non catholic.
There is a legend about St George. It is told that in a far, far kingdom, a long time ago, there was a dragon that attacked it. The people give him animals to eat, so the dragon wouldn’t have to killed people. But when there weren’t animals to give him, they decided to send people of the kingdom, choose by draw. One day, the daughter of the king was chosen. The princess went to the cave where the dragon was, waiting to be eaten. When the dragon was going to eat her, St George appeared on his horse. St George plunged his sword into the dragon, and the dragon died. From the dragon’s blood, a rose grow, and it was given to the princess by St George.
In Catalonia, St George’s day is lover’s day. The tradition says that the man give to a love woman a red rose, and a woman give to a love man a book. On that day, a lot of streets market of books and rose can be found on the streets. You can buy red, white, yellow and even blue roses and a lot of good books for all ages.
23 April is the book’s day, declared by UNESCO on 1996, commemorating the dead of two writher of enormous importance on the literature: Shakespeare (age 52) and Cervantes (age 68) on 1616.
St George’s day is a good excuse for give a present to a love person and for read a good book
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