12 Facts About St Andrews Day

1. St Andrews Day came to Scotland because of a vision.

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2. St Andrews Day was baptised by John the Baptist and was the first disciple of Jesus.

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3. St Andrews Day is not just the patron saint of Scotland.

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4. St Andrews Day is sometimes known as the brother of Peter, and he and fellow disciple Simon Peter were brothers.

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5. St Andrews Day was baptised by John the Baptist and was the first disciple of Jesus.

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6. St Andrews Day had his heart set on it and was desperate to be able to complete the challenge.

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7. St Andrews Day persisted and eventually started to work at the course.

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8. St Andrews Day learned that some of them were even employed to play the game.

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9. St Andrews Day explained that St Andrew's, with that big front lawn and 30,000 cars driving past each day, was a great location for something he'd been wanting to do for years.

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10. St Andrews Day will be handed over to Immigration to investigate.

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11. St Andrews Day struck the water source with his staff after coming ashore when his boat ran aground.

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12. St Andrews Day considered it to be a reference to the x-shaped cross where Andrew was crucified in Patras, Greece.

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