Posted on 03/17/2023 5:39:09 AM PDT by Red Badger
(Last Updated On: March 10, 2023)
ST. PATRICK’S DAY
St. Patrick’s Day kicks off a worldwide celebration also known as the Feast of St. Patrick. On March 17th, many will wear green in honor of the Irish and decorate with shamrocks. According to lore, the wearing of the green tradition dates back to a story written about St. Patrick in 1726. St. Patrick (c. AD 385–461) used the shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity and worn green clothing. And while the story is unlikely to be true, many will revel in the Irish heritage and eat traditional Irish fare, too.
#StPatricksDay
In the United States, St. Patrick’s Day has been celebrated since before the country was formed. At times, the holiday has been a bit more of a rowdy one, with green beer, parades, and talk of leprechauns. However, in Ireland, St. Patrick’s Day takes on a more solemn mood. It wasn’t until events in the United States broadcast in Ireland that some of the Yankee ways spread across the pond. One Irish-American tradition not common to Ireland is corned beef and cabbage.
HOW TO OBSERVE ST. PATRICK’S DAY
Wear green.
Read up about St. Patrick’s Day.
Cook up an Irish feast!
Use #StPatricksDay to post on social media.
Check out this delicious Reuben Casserole from #holidayfoodies. You won’t regret it!
SAINT PATRICK’S DAY HISTORY
The Feast of St. Patrick started in the early 17th-century. The day marks the death of St. Patrick and was chosen as an official Christian feast day and is observed by the Catholic Church. The day is also a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, and the British Overseas Territory of Montserrat. It is also widely celebrated by the Irish diaspora around the world, especially in Great Britain, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Australia, and New Zealand.
Saint Patrick’s FAQ
Q. How many people in the United States are of Irish descent?
A. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, 31.5 million Americans claim Irish descent. That’s a lot of Irish-Americans! And that includes those who may be 100% Irish or less than 15% Irish. A little bit of the Emerald Isle goes a long way.
Q. Can I pinch someone who isn’t wearing green on St. Patrick’s Day?
A. The tradition of pinching those who don’t wear green on St. Patrick’s Day comes from the belief that wearing green made one invisible to the fairies and leprechauns spreading mischief on that day. These legendary creatures were known for their pinching. Those celebrating the day would pinch those who didn’t wear green as a reminder of what could happen (or to impersonate the leprechauns and fairies). That said if you’re going to pinch on St. Patrick’s Day, be gentle, or better yet, bring along some green stickers to place on other revelers as a way of offering protection from those menacing leprechauns and fairies.
PING!..................
Erin go bragh!
Got my green on!
Happy St Pats Day!
Happy St Patrick’s Day! Erin Go Bragh!
As a former imbiber,
Happy Amature Day!
This was one of the two days (nights) I refused to enter a bar. The other was New Year’s Eve.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day
May the luck of the Irish be with us all
How St Patricks day has to date somehow avoided being deemed racist by some obscure 3 person left wing group (or blm for that matter) is really a minor miracle. 😏
Not really. Irish don't care what others call us. Just don't call Last Call.
Just give them time....................
It will be deemed a ‘White Supremacy’ event and be taken off calendars, and any celebrations will be called acts of domestic terrorism......................
I was taught by several Irish nuns (among others) in grade school. One of them was so funny and sweet. She taught us how to dance the jig. She was great, and one of my favorite teachers.
About 10 or so years ago, I decided to see if I could find her to thank her, and to catch up. She was in a retirement convent with several of my old teachers a couple of hours away from the family homestead. So when I was visiting mom once, my little sister and I took a day to drive over to visit these kindly special ladies. We had a blast, and I know they did, too!
St. Patrick’s Day will always be special to me, in part due to her humor and kindness. She was strict but always with a smile. She knew her stuff!
Corned beef and cabbage became popular with Irish immigrants to the US but apparently was not something they had eaten in Ireland.
One of the bishops in this area announced a dispensation from the no-meat-on-Fridays-in-Lent rule because of St. Patrick's Day. I don't know if other bishops did the same.
Irish Drinking Songs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPhckJEyU7U
An Irish man walks into a pub. The bartender asks him, “what’ll you have?”
The man says, “Give me three pints of Guinness please.”
So the bartender brings him three pints and the man proceeds to alternately sip one, then the other, then the third until they’re gone.
He then orders three more.
The bartender says, “Sir, I know you like them cold. You don’t have to order three at a time. I can keep an eye on it and when you get low I’ll bring you a fresh cold one.”
The man says, “You don’t understand. I have two brothers, one in Australia and one in the States. We made a vow to each other that every Saturday night we’d still drink together. So right now, my brothers have three Guinness Stouts too, and we’re drinking together.
The bartender thought that was a wonderful tradition.
Every week the man came in and ordered three beers. Then one week he came in and ordered only two. He drank them and then ordered two more.
The bartender said to him, “I know what your tradition is, and I’d just like to say that I’m sorry that one of your brothers died.”
The man said, “Oh, me brothers are fine – I just quit drinking.”
“A lot of African Americans seem to be unaware that slavery existed anywhere else than in the USA.”
Ain’t that the truth.......if I understand my Bible any at all I believe Israelites were the original slaves and I don’t hear THEM complaining.
Here’s another one:
Two Irishmen walk out of a bar...........................
It could happen.
She was strict................and you have the knuckle scar to prove it!................
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