The traditional multi-coloured Google logo has been temporarily displaced with a tribute to Scotland created for St Andrew's Day on November 30, celebrated by those with Scots lineage all over the world.
St Andrew was a fisherman and one of the disciples of Jesus responsible for spreading the new faith throughout Asia Minor and Greece.
He was killed by the Romans in Patras, Greece, by being crucified on an X-shaped cross, the diagonal shape of which is said to be the basis for the Cross of St Andrew, which appears on the Saltire.
St Andrew is also the patron saint of fishmongers, singers, spinsters, maidens, old maids and women wishing to become mothers.
As is tradition, for one day the Saltire will fly alongside the Union flag above 10 Downing Street from sunrise.
Prime Minister David Cameron described Scotland as "a small country with a big heart and a big voice".
"For centuries, Scotland's greatest asset and greatest export has been its people," he said.
"Scots have helped bring peace and security to nations, made some of the world's greatest inventions and been at the forefront of international trade in every continent.
Scotland's First Minister Alex Salmond paid tribute to his nation's contribution to science and education in a visit to a primary school in Lochgelly, Fife.
He said: "St Andrew's Day is a very special day in Scotland. A day when we celebrate Scotland's history, our people, our culture, but above all a celebration of our people.
"Scotland is proud of its history of invention and discovery. We actually invented quite a bit of the modern world, from the telephone, to television, to penicillin, to beta blockers.
"However, perhaps - actually certainly - our greatest invention of all, the one that made all of the others possible, was the invention of universal free education."
Source:-Telegraph
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