St Andrews Day

That would be really good. It was a fabulous day when I was at school.

Great idea. I once worked in a CofE school where the head gave us all a day off for St Andrews day. The school was in Birmingham!

Yes, good idea! My ex husband is a Scot, and we would always have haggis and neeps on St Andrews, accompanied by Burns’ poem.

This sasanach thinks it's only fair.

I hadn't realised this has not been happening.
Come on GN play fair

But please no repeat of the horrific 'Jimmy' emoji you inflicted on us a few years ago!
Why are techs only starting knitting now when St Andrews day comes round every year? Not a surprise really.

Hear, hear!

How fast does the HQ Tech work? We are still waiting for an edit button and a like button. ?

I meant to add I was in St Andrew’s House at school and it is my sister’s birthday too.

I loved At Andrew's s day when I was teaching.
We would have a concert, where each class performed a "party piece", with a Scottish theme.
Then we would have a Scottish themed feast. It was a great day. However, the food police may not have been to happy with the fayre supplied. Is IrnBru and Highland toffee healthy.?

cari, since my last plea, you have had a whole year to knit a thistle! A St Andrew's flag would be an acceptable symbol

Something like this would do
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That dosen't show on my android phone Maw
It's just a row of rectangles.

Saltire ???????

Just a black flag on my PC.

And a black flag on my kindle fire.
Surely the pretty multi-coloured 'flowers' emoji is more complicated to knit than either a thistle or a saltire?

I recall GNers making same request last year
& probably the
year before
A Saltire or thistle will do nicely thank you.

Like this?

Yes Izabella just like that!

Don't think we need a flag. Would like to see thistle - in keeping with the rose, leek and shamrock.

A thistle for me too, please.

Does the thistle represent St. Andrew?

As a little Scottish schoolgirl in the early 1950s, I enjoyed having a day off school on 30th November, but there was some confusion about whether we were supposed to be celebrating St Andrews Day or Winston Churchill's birthday.

anniebach further to your comments upthread, I have pm'd you.