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Poland celebrate St.Andrew's day more than we do in Scotland... they have heard of St.Patrick's day, but don't care about it.

I can vouch for the celebration... woke up wearing a St.Andrew's Cross and nothing else. No idea how I got it, or how I got home.

One tradition they have is to melt candle wax in a pot, then pour some of it through a key into another pot with water. Once it is hardened again, take it out and let it cast a shadow and see what it 'says'.

Having a couple of Ukrainian beers tonight for a smaller celebration.

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Do you think if we had independence we would have a public holiday on St Andrews day ?

Almost certainly. Scottish Government staff already do.

I think Rabbie Burns birthday should also be a public holiday; people getting smashed and reading poetry would do wonders for the post-Christmas economy. :)

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Well, the signatories of the Declaration of Arbroath knew their bible stories and very much played on St Andrew in their appeal to the Pope.

I reckon Elvis has more relevance to Scotland. At least he set foot in the place, and I'm sure a talk on Elvis would be much more interesting.

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