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FReeper Canteen ~ Happy St Patrick's Day! ~ 17 March 2016
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Posted on 03/16/2016 5:58:36 PM PDT by Kathy in Alaska
The FReeper Canteen Presents... Happy St Patrick's Day
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Showing support and boosting the morale of our military and our allies military and the family members of the above. Honoring those who have served before.
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink, and feaston the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
Irish Rovers ~ When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
Dominic Behan ~ Erin Go Bragh
Lisa Kelly ~ Carrickfergus
Clancy Brother & Tommy Makem ~ Johnnie I Hardly Knew You
The Dubliners ~ The Rocky Road To Dublin
Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.
Loreena McKennitt ~ She Moved Through The Fair
El McMeen ~ Danny Boy
Bill Douglas ~ Irish Lullaby
The Wolfe Tones ~ The Wearing Of The Green
The Chieftains ~ An Gaoth Aneas
In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use St. Patrick's Day as an opportunity to drive tourism and showcase Ireland to the rest of the world.
Last year, close to one million people took part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions, and fireworks shows.
Please remember that The Canteen is here to support and entertain our troops and their families, and is family friendly.
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:00:30 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:01:15 PM PDT
by
DoughtyOne
(Facing Trump nomination inevitability, folks are now openly trying to help Hillary destroy him.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Hi Everybody!
(((HUGS))))
Happy St. Patty’s day! :-)
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:01:35 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
Are we telling Irish jokes?
;-)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:02:02 PM PDT
by
soycd
To: Kathy in Alaska
Well, shor-and-begorra. O’Publius checking in.
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:02:28 PM PDT
by
Publius
("Who is John Galt?" by Billthedrill and Publius now available at Amazon.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:02:55 PM PDT
by
MagUSNRET
To: MoJo2001; 007; 1 FELLOW FREEPER; 11B3; 1FreeAmerican; 1stbn27; 2111USMC; 2LT Radix jr; 300winmag; ..
Sending out prayers for Arrowhead1952 as he recovers from his horrible fall.
~ Happy St Patrick's Day!! ~
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:04:14 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: ButThreeLeftsDo
Sure, as long as they’re clean. d:o)
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03/16/2016 6:05:09 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
So, Patty goes for his annual checkup.
The Doctor says, “Pat, Yer overweight. I want yer to run two miles a day.”
Two weeks later Patty calls the doctor and says “Hey Doc! I’m 28 miles from home! What do I do NOW?”
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:05:42 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
To: Kathy in Alaska
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:07:12 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Qui me amat, amat et canem meum.)
To: left that other site
#11 > So, Paddy goes for his annual checkup.
The Doctor says, Pat, Yer overweight. I want yer to run two miles a day.
Two weeks later Paddy calls the doctor and says Hey Doc! Im 28 miles from home! What do I do NOW?
Stolen from Rodney Dangerfield...
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:14:32 PM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
To: Kathy in Alaska
I have no interest in green beer, but I am enjoying a Jameson.
To: left that other site
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:15:01 PM PDT
by
Kathy in Alaska
((~RIP Brian...the Coast Guard lost a good one.~))
To: Kathy in Alaska
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Positive Repetition
March 17, 2016
I command you today to love the Lord your God, to walk in obedience to him.
Deuteronomy 30:16
A journalist had a quirky habit of not using blue pens. So when his colleague asked him if he needed anything from the store, he asked for some pens. "But not blue pens," he said. "I don't want blue pens. I don't like blue. Blue is too heavy. So please purchase 12 ballpoint pens for me--anything but blue!" The next day his colleague passed him the pens--and they were all blue. When asked to explain, he said, "You kept saying 'blue, blue.' That's the word that left the deepest impression!" The journalist's use of repetition had an effect, but not the one he desired.
Moses, the lawgiver of Israel, also used repetition in his requests to his people. More than 30 times he urged his people to remain true to the law of their God. Yet the result was the opposite of what he asked for. He told them that obedience would lead them to life and prosperity, but disobedience would lead to destruction (Deut. 30:15-18).
When we love God, we want to walk in His ways not because we fear the consequences but because it is our joy to please the One we love. That's a good word to remember.
Dear Lord, as we read Your inspired story, may Your Spirit be our teacher. Help us to walk the path of obedience as we hear the voice of Your heart.
Love for God will cause you to live for God.
Today's passage begins with a beautiful statement of how intimately God wants us to know Him. He has not given us commandments that are "too difficult" or "beyond our reach" (Deut. 30:11). This passage ends with the reason His commands are "very near" (v. 14)--that we may love and obey God and enjoy life in Him (v. 20).
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:15:09 PM PDT
by
The Mayor
(Honesty means never having to look over your shoulder.)
To: Kathy in Alaska
In the interest of complete disclosure, the wearing of green is a irish catholic thing. Irish protestants wear orange. The tradition of wearing orange began as a celebration of the Protestant King William of Orange’s defeat of the Catholic King James II at Boyne near Dublin in 1690. Thus the animosity between the religions is preserved.
To: heterosupremacist
“What is Irish foreplay?”
‘Brace yerself, Bridgette’ ~ Ha!
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:15:48 PM PDT
by
heterosupremacist
("Resistance to tyrants is obedience to God." Thomas Jefferson)
To: heterosupremacist
I first heard it from Irish Comedian Hal Roach, about 50 years ago.
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posted on
03/16/2016 6:15:57 PM PDT
by
left that other site
(You shall know the Truth, and The Truth Shall Set You Free.)
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