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There are innumerable legends of the red hand in every part 

 of the world, but these we must pass by for the present. 



THE UNION JACK. 



Known all the world over as the national ensign of the United 

 Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The Union Jack has 

 a history, and an interesting one. It symbolises the union of 

 the three kingdoms by the combined crosses of the three patron 

 saints — SS. George, Andrew, and Patrick. 



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CROSS OF ST. GEORGE — ARGENT A CROSS GULES. 



u Saint George for merrie England'''' — (Cri-de- guerre of the 



middle ages). 



First in order in English heraldry is the simple form of the 

 cross. A red cross upon a white field, the peculiar ensign of 

 St. George, the patron saint of England, has been the distin- 

 guishing badge of England, at least from the time of Edward III. 



CROSS OF ST. ANDREW AZURE A SALTIRE ARGENT. 



And cry " Saint Andrew and our right." — {The Scottish 

 Slogan) — Scott's " Marmion." 



The cross of St. Andrew is a white diagonal cross upon a 

 blue field. Upon a cross of this form it is related that the saint 



