St. Patricks Day

lacemyster

lacemyster

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I got to skip school today to celebrate St. Patricks Day!
Me and my mom went to O'Gara's bar in my town, and my favorite radio station, KDWB, were there to dj this morning. They talked about all sorts of stuff. There was a "potty-of-gold", you had to sit in it, reach into the toilet to grab a clover piece of paper, and it read your prize. I got to sit in the "potty-of-gold" after I stumped the dj's with saying a line from a movie, and I picked Mars Attacks........it was funny! My prize was a t-shirt and i got it autographed.
The dj's there were: Dave Ryan, Josie, Crisco, Jackson, and a girl that was on a playboy cover :grim:

Theres still the parade to go to this afternoon. :D
 
I've got a lovely corned beef in the fridge...it will be accompanied by some cabbage, carrots and potatoes :headbang: yummy
 
I've only got Irish in me from a whack of generations back i.e. the 1600's...and am NOT catholic, so St. Pattie's Day doesn't really do a lot for me :blank:
 
Its a 'faux' Irish thing, Les. It lost all religious signifigance long, long ago... just like Christmas. Its all about drunken brawling these days.
 
drunken brawling doesn't really do much for me either...so I guess I'll just sit home alone wit' me tea
:lloyd:
 
unclehobart said:
Its a 'faux' Irish thing, Les. It lost all religious signifigance long, long ago... just like Christmas. Its all about drunken brawling these days.
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Umhumph. Try wearing an orange tshirt in downtown Glasgow today and see how insignificant it is.
 
AH!! MY FAVORITE HOLIDAY!! :D

Here's some info I found online:

The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn, and he almost didn't get the job of bishop of Ireland because he lacked the required scholarship.

Far from being a saint, until he was 16, he considered himself a pagan. At that age, he was sold into slavery by a group of Irish marauders that raided his village. During his captivity, he became closer to God.

He escaped from slavery after six years and went to Gaul where he studied in the monastery under St. Germain, bishop of Auxerre for a period of twelve years. During his training he became aware that his calling was to convert the pagans to Christianity.

His wishes were to return to Ireland, to convert the native pagans to Christianity. But his superiors instead appointed St. Palladius. But two years later, Palladius transferred to Scotland. Patrick, having adopted that Christian name earlier, was then appointed as second bishop to Ireland.

Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact upset the Celtic Druids. Patrick was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country. He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity.

His mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461. That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.

Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not much of it is actually substantiated.

Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Of course, no snakes were ever native to Ireland, and some people think this is a metaphor for the conversion of the pagans. Though originally a Catholic holy day, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.

One traditional icon of the day is the shamrock. And this stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

The St. Patrick's Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick's Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.
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