A bit late, but could not let it pass without a quote.

They have measured many a mile To tread a measure with you on this grass.
Love's Labour 's Lost. Act v. Sc. 2.

Saint George's day too. John Major won himself a garter (not the first one I'm told), and here is a quote that gives an insight into the man's thinking.

Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be "too clever by half." The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters.
Quoted in: Observer (London, 7 July 1991).

Frank:
Saint George's day too

Bill:
That's right, he's the one who slew the dragon. No one pays much attention to him these days. Your surname reminds me of legendary fighting chap called John Thomas Lowcock who lived near Rotherham around 1650. Rumour has it that he had one dragon on the ground. If I had seen that, I don't think that I could have controlled myself.

Birthday of William Shakespeare and also the date of his death.