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1 posted on 03/17/2010 9:25:36 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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Lots more little known facts about St. Patrick and the Irish at the link.


2 posted on 03/17/2010 9:28:19 AM PDT by afraidfortherepublic
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So when do I get a German holiday?


3 posted on 03/17/2010 9:32:49 AM PDT by cripplecreek (Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
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And for Irish jokes...

http://irishjokes.com/


4 posted on 03/17/2010 9:33:42 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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My favorite Irish joke.

Jacques Chirac, The French President, is sitting in his office when his telephone rings.

“Hallo, Mr. Chirac!” a heavily accented voice said. “This is Paddy down at the Harp Pub in County Clare, Ireland. I am ringin’ to inform you that we are officially declaring war on you!”

“Well, Paddy,” Chirac replied, “This is indeed important news! How big is your army?”

Right now,” says Paddy, after a moment’s calculation, “there is myself, me Cousin Sean, me next door neighbor Seamus, and the entire darts team from the pub. That makes eight!”

Chirac paused. “I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100,000 men in my army waiting to move on my command.”

“Begoora!” says Paddy. “I’ll have to ring you back.”

Sure enough, the next day, Paddy calls again.

“Mr. Chirac, the war is still on. We have managed to get us some infantry equipment!”

“And what equipment would that be, Paddy?” Chirac asks.

“Well, we have two combines, a bulldozer, and Murphy’s farm tractor.”

Chirac sighs, amused; “I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 6,000 tanks and 5,000 armored personnel carriers. Also, I have increased my army to 150,000 since we last spoke.”

“Saints preserve us!” says Paddy. “I’ll have to get back to you.”

Sure enough, Paddy rings again the next day.

“Mr. Chirac, the war is still on! We have managed to get ourselves airborne! We have modified Jackie McLaughlin’s ultra-light with a couple of shotguns in the cockpit, and four boys from the Shamrock Bar have joined us as well!”

Chirac was silent for a minute and then cleared his throat. “I must tell you, Paddy, that I have 100 bombers and 200 fighter planes. My military bases are surrounded by laser-guided, surface-to-air missile sites. And since we last! spoke, I have increased my army to 200,000!”

“Jesus, Mary, and Joseph!” says Paddy, “I will have to ring you back.”

Sure enough, Paddy calls again the next day.

“Top o’ the mornin’, Mr. Chirac. I am sorry to inform you that we have had to call off the war.”

“Really? I am sorry to hear that,” says Chirac. “Why the sudden change of heart?”

“Well,” says Paddy, “we had a long chat over a few pints of Guinness, and decided there is no way we can feed 200,000 French prisoners.”


5 posted on 03/17/2010 9:39:49 AM PDT by edcoil (If I had 1 cent for every dollar the government saved, Bill Gates and I would be friends.)
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and taken to Ireland as a slave.

Gee, and we are told only the blacks were slaves.
6 posted on 03/17/2010 9:45:26 AM PDT by presently no screen name
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Statue of the Saint from St. Patrick's church in New Orleans: St.Patricks Statue Window
8 posted on 03/17/2010 10:06:07 AM PDT by Andyman (The truth shall make you FReep.)
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Erin go bragh (Ireland forever)!

Miss you Dad!!!!!!!!!! Buried my very proud Irish Papa on St Patrick's Day ten years ago today. The two are appropriately forever linked. Miss him terribly. God Rest his lovely soul.

Erin go bragh!

14 posted on 03/17/2010 10:29:04 AM PDT by GOP Poet (Obama is an OLYMPIC failure.)
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Saints preserve us, he was English. Patrick (A.D. 385-461) was born in Britain and taken to Ireland as a slave. After he escaped, a vision told him to return and bring Christianity to the Irish. He is one of Ireland's patron saints, and patron saint of Nigeria.

Patrick was most certainly not English. There were no English when he was born. He was born in Roman Britannia. He was either a Romanized Briton or, given his name, a Roman. (Patrick may not have been his name, but a recognition of his status as comming from one of the Patrician {noble} families in Rome)
16 posted on 03/17/2010 4:39:09 PM PDT by rmlew (The left has elected a new nation with the help of neoconservatives and libertarians.)
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