The ***OFFICIAL*** Friday/Saturday Night Singles' Thread St Pats Day (March 17th and 18th)

all we WONDERFUL singles folk! | 17 March 2006 | DollyCali

[DollyCali]

Find a partner or grab your favorite beverage & listen to some Irish tunes .A couple of wave files - full-length, lilting, Irish melodies - they are so beautiful! I hope you can open them, or "save target as" to your hard drive and listen to them later.

"My Wild Irish Rose" ~ John Gary
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen" ~ John Gary

MIDIS
"Irish Lullabye"
"The Last Rose of Summer"
"When Irish Eyes are Smiling"
"I'll Take You Home Again, Kathleen"
"Danny Boy"

Why Saint Patrick's Day?

Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide.

So, why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that that is the day that St. Patrick died. Since the holiday began in Ireland, it is believed that as the Irish spread out around the world, they took with them their history and celebrations. The biggest observance of all is, of course, in Ireland. With the exception of restaurants and pubs, almost all businesses close on March 17th. Being a religious holiday as well, many Irish attend mass, where March 17th is the traditional day for offering prayers for missionaries worldwide before the serious celebrating begins.

In American cities with a large Irish population, St. Patrick's Day is a very big deal. Big cities and small towns alike celebrate with parades, "wearing of the green," music and songs, Irish food and drink, and activities for kids such as crafts, coloring and games. Some communities even go so far as to dye rivers or streams green!



Do you have a favorite :

St. Pat Day Memory
St. Pat Day Movie
St Pat Day Song/music
St,. Pat Day Drink(recipe sharing please)
St. Pat Day Food (recipe sharing please)

[pcottraux]

Oh, right, I had forgotten about that.

[tuliptree76]

Sure...

[Supernatural]

I'll take talent like you have over raw beauty any day. Don't know what you look like, but I know you are intelligent and clever. Big pluses!

[RockinRight]

We've actually had much less than usual this year.

[RockinRight]

OK SN.

Gotta ask-what's up with your oddly-spelled taglines?

[Supernatural]

I'm not stupid either, except for sometimes.

[tuliptree76]

And what about that little pic you posted earlier? Shall we call in the mods for that too? :-p

[Clemenza]

Want a photo that is more patriotic?

[ilovew]

Ahem. What about me?

[tuliptree76]

Thanks. :-)

[RockinRight]

I think I'm gonna hurl...

[ilovew]

Oh well. I'll be in DC in the fall so I'll probably get to see some snow.

[proud_yank]

This winter really has been odd, we had ~12" one week ago and maybe 10" over last night. First snow we have had cover the grass.

[pcottraux]

He could have at least shaved his legs.

[proud_yank]

Want a photo that is more patriotic?

LOL, no guns. Now how is that being patriotic???

[RockinRight]

I'm going there next week.

[pcottraux]

Gotta ask-what's up with your oddly-spelled taglines?

Let me take a stab at that. I'm thinking that's Middle English, or what the English language was like WAY back centuries ago. Old English wouldn't be recognizable to us today.

[Supernatural]

My tag line is part of a Scottish lament to a man named Sgt. MacKenzie who was killed in the first world war. The song was featured in the movie "We Were Soldiers Once" with Mel Gibson.

Here it is in Scottish:

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

When they come a wull staun ma groon
Staun ma groon al nae be afraid

Thoughts awe hame tak awa ma fear
Sweat an bluid hide ma veil awe tears

Ains a year say a prayer faur me
Close yir een an remember me

Nair mair shall a see the sun
For a fell tae a Germans gun

Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Lay me doon in the caul caul groon
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun
Whaur afore monie mair huv gaun

Here's the English translation:

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone

When they come I will stand my ground
Stand my ground I’ll not be afraid

Thoughts of home take away my fear
Sweat and blood hide my veil of tears

Once a year say a prayer for me
Close your eyes and remember me

Never more shall I see the sun
For I fell to a Germans gun

Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Lay me down in the cold cold ground
Where before many more have gone
Where before many more have gone

From Moja Irlandia

A note on Sgt. MacKenzie by Willie Younie in the March 2002 issue of The Rothsian

The lament, "Sgt MacKenzie", is written and sung by Joe Kilna Mackenzie son of Maria McCabe and the late Alex McCabe of Provost Christie Drive, Rothes. Joe wrote the song in memory of his Grandfather a Moray man, from Bishopmill, who along with hundreds of other Seaforth Highlanders from the Elgin/Rothes area went to fight in the great war. Sgt Charles Stuart MacKenzie was bayoneted to death at, the age of 35, while defending one of his badly injured colleagues in the hand to hand fighting of the trenches.

Seaforth Highlanders

It is very moving and hearing it brings tears to the eyes of many people. It is a favorite bagpipe tune that is played at Scottish and Irish funerals.

Here's the link, part of the song included. Have you speakers on as it loads and plays when you go to the web site.

http://compuball.com/av/sgtmackenzie.htm

[Maximus_Ridiculousness]

I've been wondering the same thing...

[tuliptree76]

ROFLOL!