Legend has it that when a dragon proceeded to devour the prey that day he had offered the inhabitants of Montblanc to satisfy their hunger, and on this occasion was a princess, out of nowhere a brave knight, astride a white horse, sword in hand, downloaded from the horrible creature mortally wounding her and topping it launched a coup, thus avoiding the princess was devoured.
They say that while the animal was bleeding, the puddle that was forming which was born a rose red roses sprang up, George, the brave knight, the princess gave one of those roses.
A romantic legend that permeates the air the day of Sant Jordi in Catalunya and all those gifts of roses to this day, being rewarded with books for those which before flattered.
No one knows for sure when it started giving roses on the day of Sant Jordi. There is evidence already in the fifteenth century, men give roses to their sweethearts, as the red rose symbolizes passion, and the spike that sometimes accompanies fertility, which the act was a declaration of intent .
The Rose joined Sant Jordi, and today remains the custom of giving a rose to an ear, but now, both men and women give and receive books and roses.
Sant Jordi's Day also allows readers and authors that we can stay in touch in a festive and cultural. And some lucky ones get to give away a book dedicated by the author to their sweethearts @ s. According to the bookshelves in a single day are concentrated in 10% of sales throughout the year, surely given away many of the books are not read (do not forget that we live in a country where less is read throughout Europe), but some choose to read, if only to please those who gave it, so be on the day of Sant Jordi.
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