Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

St. Patrick's Day Fast Facts: Beyond the Blarney
National Geographic News ^ | March 15, 2005 | Sean Markey

Posted on 03/15/2005 12:51:58 PM PST by FeliciaCat

click here to read article


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-78 next last
To: Rummyfan

I always wear orange on this day...hahah


21 posted on 03/15/2005 1:24:16 PM PST by WKUHilltopper
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: Sola Veritas
Wow, I have to get more aquainted with Blarney.

Seems superior to bull in every way.

BTW

I think that Ireland was Atlantis, at least until the invent of whiskey.

At least that's the theory on Family Guy. Which we all know is the absolute truth.
22 posted on 03/15/2005 1:24:51 PM PST by Anvilhead
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: FeliciaCat

Unfortunately, given my wife's ancestry, I'll be "wearin of the ORANGE" on St. Patrick's day.

That's one of the strange things about this holiday... 99% of the people don't understand the implications of wearing green.


23 posted on 03/15/2005 1:26:07 PM PST by TWohlford
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Anvilhead; All

I think so too.. .


24 posted on 03/15/2005 1:26:08 PM PST by KevinDavis (Let the meek inherit the Earth, the rest of us will explore the stars!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 22 | View Replies]

To: FeliciaCat
I will be playing my uilleann pipes at a local Irish-American club (central Ohio) in the evening this coming Thursday.

Lots of Guinness will be happening at that venue on St. Patrick's Day.

25 posted on 03/15/2005 1:28:23 PM PST by Bosco (Remember how you felt on September 11?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Rummyfan
ERIN GO BRAGH!

Nah! ERIN GO BRALESS!

26 posted on 03/15/2005 1:28:30 PM PST by jslade (People who are easily offended......OFFEND ME!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: missyme

27 posted on 03/15/2005 1:30:44 PM PST by jslade (People who are easily offended......OFFEND ME!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: frogjerk
I'm with you!


28 posted on 03/15/2005 1:32:42 PM PST by jslade (People who are easily offended......OFFEND ME!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 20 | View Replies]

To: TWohlford; WKUHilltopper

I'll be wearing green.

:-)


29 posted on 03/15/2005 1:36:40 PM PST by Betis70
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 23 | View Replies]

To: KevinDavis

So is Savannah GA..They also dye the River Green


30 posted on 03/15/2005 1:37:39 PM PST by missyme (The Cosmic Effect of some Freepers...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 19 | View Replies]

To: RebelBanker
Or...


31 posted on 03/15/2005 1:37:49 PM PST by frogjerk
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 13 | View Replies]

To: missyme

Did you know that they don't eat corned beef in Ireland?
That was a meal the poor Irish in America had because it was the cheapest meat here and you had to boil it (forever) to make it tender. Therefore, corned beef and cabbage is an American-Irish dish!


32 posted on 03/15/2005 1:39:21 PM PST by It's me
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 16 | View Replies]

To: jslade

LOL..Hey I've done my share of Kissing an Irishman!
A lethal Combination!

1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian YIKES!


33 posted on 03/15/2005 1:40:11 PM PST by missyme (The Cosmic Effect of some Freepers...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 27 | View Replies]

To: It's me

Well I guess I have only known 1st generation Irish Americans who eat that traditional meat...


34 posted on 03/15/2005 1:42:18 PM PST by missyme (The Cosmic Effect of some Freepers...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 32 | View Replies]

To: frogjerk

Works for me...
35 posted on 03/15/2005 1:43:39 PM PST by RebelBanker (To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of the women!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 31 | View Replies]

To: FeliciaCat
And while you are all at it:
Remember that GWB told Adams he wasn't welcome here.
And consider that there wouldn't be an IRA were it not for all those happy hyphenated citizens who sent money 'home' for more guns and powder.
36 posted on 03/15/2005 1:49:26 PM PST by norton (build a wall and post the rules at the gate)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: missyme

>>1/2 Irish and 1/2 Italian YIKES!

Yeah 1/2 Irish, 1/2 Mexican here. On holidays, part of me longs for Guiness and the other part wants some tequila.

LOL

BTW, never mix the two (beer and tequila that is). Bad things happen.


37 posted on 03/15/2005 1:50:34 PM PST by Betis70
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 33 | View Replies]

To: norton

???? This is is just a fun St. Patricks Day discussion - get it? Who do you think is pro IRA on this thread??

Read some of my posts on the subject before you get smarmy with me....


38 posted on 03/15/2005 1:52:06 PM PST by FeliciaCat
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 36 | View Replies]

To: FeliciaCat

An Irishman, Englishman and a German are caught in Saudi Arabia drinking. "Under Saudi law you are sentenced to 30 lashes then deported. Before you begin you are entitled to something on you back, what would you like?" said the prison guard to the Englishman just before lashing him. The English man, being a bit of a cricket fan, asked for linseed oil. When they lashed him on a post and let him go to catch his flight back to London he groaned and crawled to the airport. Next came the German. "Under Saudi law you are sentenced to 30 lashes then deported. Before you begin you are entitled to something on you back, what would you like?" said the prison guard "Nothing" said the German and, after receiving his lashes spat on the ground, called the prison guards Schisers and started off towards the airport. The guards then came to the Irishman. "Under Saudi law you are sentenced to 30 lashes then deported. Before you begin you are entitled to something on you back, what would you like?" "Oh", replied the Irishman, "I'll take the German".


39 posted on 03/15/2005 1:54:20 PM PST by Dan from Michigan (Mark Sanford for President in 2008)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Betis70

Yes another definite "Lethal" Combination....

My days of Quervo Shots are over...Haha we won't even go there....LOL...


40 posted on 03/15/2005 1:55:15 PM PST by missyme (The Cosmic Effect of some Freepers...)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 37 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first previous 1-2021-4041-6061-78 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson