Happy St Patrick's Day

[once_upon]

A little history lesson on St Patrick's Day. The drunkenness was not so much a celebration, but began as a racial slur.

St. Patrick’s Day: Origins, Meaning & Background | HISTORY

St. Patrick’s Day is a global celebration of Irish culture that takes place annually on March 17, the anniversary of the patron saint of Ireland's death in the fifth century. The holiday has spiritual meaning in Ireland, where it has been observed as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years.

www.history.com

My Facebook post for today and PSA:

While celebrating the wearing of the green

Don't end the day with the wearing of the orange

Or worse yet ending in the morgue.

If you must drink the green beer or cheer on the blue, don't drink and drive

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have fun celebrating the relaxation of Lenten rules regarding meat. Remember St Patrick came to Ireland as a slave. Was revered as the Patron Saint of Ireland. Remember the struggles of slaves and immigrants.

And you can have my share of corned beef and cabbage

PS - reference to Blue is my basketball team, Creighton Blue Jays and the NCAA March Madness

 

[Wyliefan]

I will happily take your share. I love corned beef. Happy St. Patrick's Day!

 

[VALuvsMKwan]

At brunch now ordering corned beef and later tonight celebrating (2 days late from the Ides of March) my beau's 71th!

 

[Cachoo]

Interesting article: I think Jeopardy should have a question about the location of the first St. Patrick’s Day parade in the US. I’m listening to the Pogues now. So good.

 

[MacMadame]

I like this article as well:

What is St. Patrick's Day? Why do we celebrate it, and why do we wear green? What to know

St. Patrick's Day in America may be seen as a pot of gold on the calendar – a chance to don green while searching for Irish ancestry.

www.usatoday.com

 

[Judy]

I def have Irish in my family background. I think lots of people do!

 

[allezfred]

And you can have my share of corned beef and cabbage

No thanks. Haven't eaten it in over 30 years thankfully.

 

[allezfred]

Niall Horan and a friend celebrating St Patrick’s Day

https://twitter.com/x/status/1636846298572652544

 

[Sylvia]

U.S. ice dancer Gage Brown posted an Instagram story clip 12 hours ago of him playing the bagpipes on St. Patrick's Day! : https://www.instagram.com/stories/gagebrown_/3060801319729185446/

 

[allezfred]

Tolu Makay sings “Danny Boy”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1636170422034251780

 

[Vagabond]

And you can have my share of corned beef and cabbage

No thanks. Haven't eaten it in over 30 years thanthankfully.

Don't you like Jewish food?

 

[Matryeshka]

Went to see a school musical for St Patrick's Day but did go to the nice bar before--it is a holiday after all--and people kept coming up to me saying "you must be Irish!" One dude came up to me and said he knew I was Irish because I was wearing "the right shade of green." I was not aware there was a right shade of green. Now, I will admit because humble is not in my vocabulary, I looked damn cute yesterday. I am also a redhead. But I'm always kind of at the comments I invariably get because AFAIK, everyone in South Louisiana dresses up for St Patrick's Day--Fodor's once named New Orleans, not Chicago, not New York, as having THE BEST Irish parade--and most people here are French, Creole, West-African/Haitian, Vietnamese or Spanish in origin. Yes, I have red hair and freckles. I get snarky, petty glee from telling them nope, not even a little bit Irish or Scottish or Welsh or even English--the hair I'm pretty sure comes from the Finnish/western Russian side. They get all confused and just sort of blunder away. It's the cocksureness of oh, you're IRISH FOR REALS. First of all, I'm clearly a middle aged fluffy American. Secondly, why do people come up to strangers and assume family place of origin? Every year I get just a small taste of what it must feel like for Asians when someone says, but no, where are you from really.

 

[Cachoo]

Tolu Makay sings “Danny Boy”

https://twitter.com/x/status/1636170422034251780

Well that was lovely.

 

[Jot the Dot Dot]

I'll celebrate by drinking green tea (gotta work tonight, so no green beer or similar imbibing), learn how to swear in Gaelic while watching hockey (I'm Canadian), and sing along with this talented lady Endearing Young Charms (Yes, there is a lovely song behind all those Warner Brother Cartoon sight gags).

 

[allezfred]

Went to see a school musical for St Patrick's Day but did go to the nice bar before--it is a holiday after all--and people kept coming up to me saying "you must be Irish!" One dude came up to me and said he knew I was Irish because I was wearing "the right shade of green." I was not aware there was a right shade of green. Now, I will admit because humble is not in my vocabulary, I looked damn cute yesterday. I am also a redhead. But I'm always kind of at the comments I invariably get because AFAIK, everyone in South Louisiana dresses up for St Patrick's Day--Fodor's once named New Orleans, not Chicago, not New York, as having THE BEST Irish parade--and most people here are French, Creole, West-African/Haitian, Vietnamese or Spanish in origin. Yes, I have red hair and freckles. I get snarky, petty glee from telling them nope, not even a little bit Irish or Scottish or Welsh or even English--the hair I'm pretty sure comes from the Finnish/western Russian side. They get all confused and just sort of blunder away. It's the cocksureness of oh, you're IRISH FOR REALS. First of all, I'm clearly a middle aged fluffy American. Secondly, why do people come up to strangers and assume family place of origin? Every year I get just a small taste of what it must feel like for Asians when someone says, but no, where are you from really.

Redheads are really rare in Ireland (apparently there is actually a higher percentage in Scotland), although the town where I went to school used to host an Irish Redhead Convention.

Irish Redhead Convention