Posted on 03/17/2002 3:56:33 AM PST by Hillary's Lovely Legs
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Saint Patrick was born in 387 A.D. in Britain as Maewyn Succat. His father Calphurnius was a Roman official. Saint Patrick was kidnapped at age 16 and sold into slavery in Ireland, according to his autobiography .He escaped by boat to Britain after six years of captivity and traveled to St. Martin's monastery in Tours, France, where he studied under Saint Germain of Auxerre and became a priest. In 431 A.D. Pope Celestine I named him Patricius and sent him on a mission to Ireland. In 432 A.D he arrived in Ireland and successfully converted the island from Druidism (pron. DREW-id-ism) to the Christian faith. He wrote The Confession defending his life of service and also wrote A Letter to Coroticus attacking slavery and denouncing British King Coroticus for kidnapping and enslaving his converts. These works are the only documents to have survived the fall of Rome and are in the Bibliothèque National in Paris. (12) Saint Patrick became primatial bishop in 455 A.D. at Ard Macha, a hill away from Emain Macha (pron. EV-n MA-ha), seat of the Ulster (pron. ULL-stir) Kings. Saint Patrick died on March 17th 461 A.D. The date of his death is disputed between March 8th and March 9th, so they were added together.Today Saint Patrick is revered by many christian denominations and he is the official saint of the Church of Ireland. Many people go to sacred wells, mountains, and placenames in his honor throughout the year. (3, 5, 26)
Here's to absent friends and here's twice to absent enemies.
Here's to the light heart and the heavy hand.
Thirst is a shameless disease so here's to a shameful cure.
Here's to a wet night and a dry morning.
May we always have a clean shirt, a clean conscience, and a bob in the pocket.
May you be across Heaven's threshold before the old boy knows you're dead.
Always loved the smell of gin. Had a voice teacher who drank a bit...Loved her so ....Loved the smell of gin.
from your html-impaired compatriot -
redlipstick
EAT 
Crab cakes with Chive/Caper Sauce
DRINK 
Champagne cocktail
and BE MERRY! 
I hope you have many, many more.
From what I gather, no one has seen the wedding dress (except those invited), the groom has paid for practically nothing including the honeymoon which will be Liza's new tour. He sold the rights to the wedding to the London tabs, he gave her a chintzy ring, DaNees gave a bridal shower and wedding rehearsal dinner (even though she "hardly knows her".)
There is something wrong here. Poor Liza, being used again.
And I still don't understand about la Liz's shoes. And why was Cynthia McFadden in the wedding? I thought she was a "serious" journalist? And did all of those old duffers make it through the wedding and reception without 9-1-1 having to be called? Oh, and why was Rosie in red when it was a black and white wedding?
Look forward to hearing about your trip on your return and also the LIVE Oscar thread next Sunday. Will you be visiting any of those famous shoe stores? Are you packed? Is this you?
VP Cheney Seeing an Irish Woman
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Jamais reculez un pouce á tyrannie!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! Never give an inch to tyranny!)
LoanPalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
I must say this is the best dress I've ever seen her wear (which really isn't saying much), but I don't know about the neckline, it looks like she has a butt on her chest. yeech.
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