Here's a statue of good old St. Urho.
And for those of you who are a trifle lacking in Finnish legends, here's the Wiki article on him. Curiously, there was no St. Urho's Day Parade here in Phoenix today.Tuesday, March 16, 2010
Happy St. Urho's Day !!
St. Urho is the patron saint of Finland (whoever heard of St. Henry?), best known for saving the Finnish grape harvest a long time ago from a plague of locusts by swinging his mighty axe and banishing the pesky critters via the saying below. Which, loosely translated, means, "Begone, you pesky critters!"
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Here's a statue of good old St. Urho.
And for those of you who are a trifle lacking in Finnish legends, here's the Wiki article on him. Curiously, there was no St. Urho's Day Parade here in Phoenix today.
Here's a statue of good old St. Urho.
And for those of you who are a trifle lacking in Finnish legends, here's the Wiki article on him. Curiously, there was no St. Urho's Day Parade here in Phoenix today.
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