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Ariel
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Lá fhéile Pádraig shona daoibh/Happy St Patrick's Day to you all!
Anyone celebrating it? The closest I'll probably get to it is digging up unwanted bits of greenery in the allotment...
[ 17. March 2013, 07:57: Message edited by: Ariel ]
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Surfing Madness
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We're having Irish stew for lunch, made by my Northern Irish flatmate. She's also got a couple of friends from home visiting this weekend. I'm guessing that sort of counts as celebrating!
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QLib
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A Happy St.Patrick's Day to all. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
May the road rise to meet you,
May the wind be always at your back,
May the sun shine warm upon your face,
The rains fall soft upon your fields and,
Until we meet (again),
May God hold you in the hollow of His hand.
P.S. My daffodils still aren't out - I'm beginning to wonder if they'll make it in time for George!
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Firenze
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I think in this house we'll be having the traditional maiale con parmigiano and a bottle of Soave.
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Pigwidgeon
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I'm recovering from a party last night (only two Guinnesses, but I really wish I didn't have to be at church early today!).
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Wesley J
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Happy St Paddy's!
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comet
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mass and a dinner and a musical jam session later. just what I need. Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Boogie
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Our whole service was based around St Patrick - most unusual as we are Methodists.
Interesting 'tho.
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Ariel
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# 58
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No he wasn't. He was Welsh.
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Jengie jon
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Well you will have to fight the Welsh over that one and just maybe the French as I suspect Brittany claims him as well.
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Honest Ron Bacardi
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Isn't the claim that he was Welsh dependent on saying the Kingdom of Strathclyde was Welsh, because they spoke a dialect of Welsh at the time? Which is certainly meaningful but not exactly what most people would understand by it.
(PS - nearly forgot to add - St. Patrick's Breastplate is on the agenda for evensong later today).
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Uncle Pete
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Not a drop of Irish in my veins. So I don't celebrate.
I like Guinness, though. Think I had one a few years back on my birthday.
Besides it's a Lenten Sunday. His feast probably was translated to Monday.
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lilBuddha
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May your glass be ever full.
May the roof over your head be always strong.
And may you be in heaven
half an hour before the devil knows you're dead.
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Angloid
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Originally posted by Honest Ron Bacardi:
Isn't the claim that he was Welsh dependent on saying the Kingdom of Strathclyde was Welsh, because they spoke a dialect of Welsh at the time? Which is certainly meaningful but not exactly what most people would understand by it.
But certainly not English!
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John D. Ward
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Originally posted by QLib:
May the road rise to meet you,
This has always struck me as more like a curse than a blessing. I know roughly what the idea is, but it always sounds like "May you fall flat on your face!"
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luvanddaisies
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The Scottish Falsetto Sock Puppet Theatre do St Patrick's story.
Not profound, edifying or educational in any way, but quite amusing.
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Anselmina
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Originally posted by John D. Ward:
quote:
Originally posted by QLib:
May the road rise to meet you,
This has always struck me as more like a curse than a blessing. I know roughly what the idea is, but it always sounds like "May you fall flat on your face!"
This will doubtless be precisely the experience of many people celebrating St Patrick's Day today!!
We had our town parade after church today. All the local junior schools taking part dressed as leprechauns, vikings, snakes, fairies, rainbows - and I'm sure I saw a couple of Toy Story aliens in there, too. (Green, you see?)
Plus the vintage tractor and car procession; and some mild pillorying of local politicians, for the benefit of the TD sitting on the viewing stand.
And it was all kicked off by St Patrick himself - dressed very episcopally indeed - lovely fine beard, but suspiciously bosomy under the chasuble. The good Bishop loyally led the newest Holy Father in his Popemobile; again beautifully attired, but one suspects phallically challenged.
Whisper it quietly - I think they may have been women....
All finished off with the shortest speeches imaginable (hooray!), tea and buns, and a hailstorm.
What could be more feckin' Irish than that?
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Og: Thread Killer
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My Mum is in town. She's more Irish then most. (her GrandDad was from Dublin).
We never celebrated this thingie. An excuse for American's to get drunk, I suppose.
Out today, happening to be going to a Brew Pub, where not a single green beer will be in sight.
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Anselmina
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Originally posted by Og: Thread Killer:
We never celebrated this thingie. An excuse for American's to get drunk, I suppose.
Don't knock it. Needing an excuse to get drunk is better than having no excuse at all and still getting drunk. ![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
I should add that the crowd at our little local 'do' were festooned in jolly tricoloured hats, glasses and deely-poppers. What a shame they were all made in China. ![[Paranoid]](graemlins/paranoid.gif)
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comet
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Originally posted by Anselmina:
quote:
Originally posted by John D. Ward:
quote:
Originally posted by QLib:
May the road rise to meet you,
This has always struck me as more like a curse than a blessing. I know roughly what the idea is, but it always sounds like "May you fall flat on your face!"
This will doubtless be precisely the experience of many people celebrating St Patrick's Day today!!
We had our town parade after church today. All the local junior schools taking part dressed as leprechauns, vikings, snakes, fairies, rainbows - and I'm sure I saw a couple of Toy Story aliens in there, too. (Green, you see?)
Plus the vintage tractor and car procession; and some mild pillorying of local politicians, for the benefit of the TD sitting on the viewing stand.
And it was all kicked off by St Patrick himself - dressed very episcopally indeed - lovely fine beard, but suspiciously bosomy under the chasuble. The good Bishop loyally led the newest Holy Father in his Popemobile; again beautifully attired, but one suspects phallically challenged.
Whisper it quietly - I think they may have been women....
All finished off with the shortest speeches imaginable (hooray!), tea and buns, and a hailstorm.
What could be more feckin' Irish than that?
awesome! sounds like a blast!
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Graven Image
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A bit of green here and there in the church today, but no mention of St. Patrick himself. One women member was wearing green from the top of her green hat to the tip of her green shoes. We did sing Irish music at coffee hour.
At home we had corn beef and cabbage for lunch.
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HenryT
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Originally posted by PeteC:
Besides it's a Lenten Sunday. His feast probably was translated to Monday.
The bulletin said "St. Patrick "; we had a collect for St.Patrick. And the preface "for a saint " with his name.
But we ended with "Guide me oh thou Great Jehovah", a fine rousing Welsh hymn.
Some green goodies at coffee hour.
Definitely St. Patrick's
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Uncle Pete
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What they do in schism doesn't concern me overmuch.
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Amanda B. Reckondwythe
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Originally posted by PeteC:
Besides it's a Lenten Sunday. His feast probably was translated to Monday.
At St. Patrick's RC Church in this area, the feast was celebrated Sunday. White vestments and all that. The bishop was visiting and presided at mass.
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Uncle Pete
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With permission, or for pastoral reasons, such things happen. I imagine the bishop didn't have too far to look for his permission.
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Gee D
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While we had a good collection of hymns, which fitted well around the sermon, we did NOT have the Breastplate. The Rector will have to watch carefully when he's walking along dark streets, as some of the lads may be after him.
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daisymay
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And on the TV on Sunday, there were many lovely hymns sung by adults and children and RC Vicars, with many dressed in black. Also the voices were excellent and also Irish sounded just like Scots - and we are both the "same" - I am often assumed I'm Irish, not just Scottish. St Patrick's stories of when he came and was accepted was also good. Good history of him and Ireland!
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