St Andrew the Sovereign
Three weeks and three days via Christmas begins.So goes the old English saying. Now is St Andrew's Day (Andrew-tide or Andrewtide is the coarsen in British parlance) in each one the Western and Eastern Christian traditions. Saint Andrew, one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ and the brother of Simon (subsequent the Apostle Peter), was a Galilean fisherman of Bethsaida, and essential a supporter of John the Baptist. In the Gospel of John (1:35-42), Andrew was the primitive called of Jesus' disciples.
According to tradition, Andrew was crucified at Patmos, in Achaia, on the In a funk Saltire, or X-shaped travel, the form of which became known as St Andrew's In a funk, which is in spite of this on the Scottish and British garland. The Saltire is likewise called the Wire In a funk (so it was hand-me-down by the Romans as a protect) and the use decussata. Andrew's travel is the identical as the travel of Wotan (Odin/Woden) which Norse invaders of Scotland carried...
Pagan origins
According to Nigel Pennick (The Pagan Different of Time, 1992, 131), Andrew is a fake of the divine being Andros, the Man, personification of virility, seen as an aspect of Dionysus. Scotland's matronal goddess is Skadi, the Scathing One. Depicted at missing in the image more than, is an image of man by Leonardo da Vinci.
St Andrew and the meaning of 'X' on a note
Inhabitants hand-me-down to sign with an X if they couldn't sign their name. Subsequently they would kiss the X and assure by St Andrew (whose travel the X resembles) to get to your feet by their oath or knowledge. Over and done with the years, 'X' on a note came to mean a kiss...
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