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GeneMO
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My ex wife and her clan were Brennans. They went nuts over St. Patricks day, so I about got my fill of it.
Now, my little grandson comes along and is born on St. Patricks day, so yes, it is a big deal again.
I picked up a Green hat and bowtie the other day.
Gene
Now, my little grandson comes along and is born on St. Patricks day, so yes, it is a big deal again.
I picked up a Green hat and bowtie the other day.
Gene
Dave H (MI)
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I'm Dutch by heritage, almost full blooded too. Nary a drop of green in my blood but my wife claims some...so I'll wear green for the lassie. 
my dad always claimed he was at least part Irish so I generally wore greenon March 17. I lived and worked in the SF bay area for a couple years after college. One year on February 17 my wife told me I should wear green. Was giving others at work a bad time until I was told I was a month early.
Roger in Wisconsin
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College kids think it is a great excuse to get totally trashed, all day long.
Ultradog MN
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Sorry.
I'm just a stubborn Frenchman.
I'm just a stubborn Frenchman.
tracto-man
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I'm half dutch, (cheers) and half German (groans). I like shamrock shakes. That's about it.
dr sportster
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No beer [trying to lose weight ] . Lots of corn beef and cabbage, either at home or eating out.
Gene Dotson
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My family came from eastern Kentucky with Scottish, English and Danish. Pop always said the Irish were cheap and the Scottish were frugal.
Gene
Gene
farmerwithmutt
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My dad was german and mom was irish. The story I heard was my dad's mom didn't want him to marry irish. Back in the day there was 2 churches and 2 schools one irish and 1 german how times have changed
That's the one I'll celebrate. Mum's side is all, 100% Finn.
Dad's side who knows. WE've been in the US for well over 200 years. In fact in 1 township in Pennsylvania over 200 years. Longer in Mercer county and longer in the state.
>Therefore plenty of time to have a few things mixed in over they years.
wife's father's mother's side is part Irish so she wears green (even though we're not catholic) and usually makes corned beef and cabbage. good sandwiches for a few days. <that i do participate in
we're actually going to Ireland in June for our 25th anniversary. I'd like to visit a farm or 2 while there if we can fit it in.
Dad's side who knows. WE've been in the US for well over 200 years. In fact in 1 township in Pennsylvania over 200 years. Longer in Mercer county and longer in the state.
>Therefore plenty of time to have a few things mixed in over they years.
wife's father's mother's side is part Irish so she wears green (even though we're not catholic) and usually makes corned beef and cabbage. good sandwiches for a few days. <that i do participate in
we're actually going to Ireland in June for our 25th anniversary. I'd like to visit a farm or 2 while there if we can fit it in.
fixerupper
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Marilyn has a little Irish in her. Maybe that's where the red hair came from.
Like the other poster my family has been in this country for a while, unlike his family mine's been on the move for most of the last 200 years. Dad claimed he was German, other things indicate the first Baker in the new world I'm descended from was probably English, any German would be from living and marrying folks in places like Ohio and Illinois. Mom's family started out English but we find Germans (Kistardt and Frey) and Scottish (Miller) throw in some Italian and French Canadian and I guess I'm pretty much a "Mutt", or to put it another way I'm an American.
No I won't be doing much for St Patty's day, going out and getting drunk just doesn't have the appeal it did when I was younger especially when I have to be at work at 5:30 AM
No I won't be doing much for St Patty's day, going out and getting drunk just doesn't have the appeal it did when I was younger especially when I have to be at work at 5:30 AM
I do, but usually nothing fancy or much different than any other type of celebration. Being a descendant of family from county Galway, with an Irish last name, I think it warrants a little celebration of ones heritage. I'll sometimes prepare corned beef from a great local butcher, minus the cabbage, just don't care for it and how it makes the house smell LOL. Or, if I can get to a local place early and avoid the larger crowds later, its enjoyable to do it that way as well. One had better be cognizant of sobriety checkpoints, those will be all over this area I am sure. I don't particularly care for intoxication for any reason, but I sure as heck enjoy one cold beer of my favorite style and or brewer, with dinner at the end of the day. This day is a nice milestone to look forward to given it precedes spring, and this year there are no snowbanks, piles or storms on the horizon.
Zachary Hoyt
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I'm just a mutt, so I don't observe St. Patrick's Day but I do always buy more cabbage at this time of year when the prices get so low.
Zach
Zach
Steve@Advance
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I don't really celebrate it, but interesting story of who St Patric was...
St. Patric was a 5th century Christian missionary in Ireland. He used the 3 leaf clover as an example of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in his teaching.
Strange that the occasion has turned into the "luck o the Irish" and an excuse for drinking!
St. Patric was a 5th century Christian missionary in Ireland. He used the 3 leaf clover as an example of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in his teaching.
Strange that the occasion has turned into the "luck o the Irish" and an excuse for drinking!
heavyhaulertoo
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I don't dress in green being one have Orangemen other full scotchish
Tom OConnor
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With a name like O' Connor I really don't need to wear green on St. Patrick's Day, everybody already knows that I am Irish. All four of my Grandparents came from Ireland and all four passed away before I was born. I have been to Ireland twice and plan on returning later this year. The most friendly and gracious people that I have ever been around. The countryside is magnificently beautiful.
Glen SW Wi
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Neighbors moved in about 10 years ago. About seven years ago I asked them if they had corned beef and cabbage on St Pat's Day. Said they never heard of it so I whipped up a batch and have been doing it ever since. Now they look forward to it every year and ask if I am making it this year.
By the way, I'm not Irish.
By the way, I'm not Irish.
aye Jocco.........in grade school, ya gott PINCHED iff'n ya didn't have green on. In high school, wear green on Thursday announced you were QUEER. At work, I'd wear a clip-on GREEN bowe tye. Tomorrow, I believe I'll drink some GREEN BEER with my corned beef and cabbage.......the amazed Dell (burp)
Bob M
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My wife and I are both members of an Irish-themed bagpipe band. And the days surrounding St Paddy's Day are the band's "high holy days". We celebrate by marching in several parades, performing at hockey games, doing pub crawls and playing in area Irish bars, etc.
Incidentally only 3 or 4 band members are Irish. The other 40 or so are Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, Italian, German, Polish, Greek, African-American, etc. But we are ALL Irish this week(!)
Incidentally only 3 or 4 band members are Irish. The other 40 or so are Scottish, Welsh, Dutch, Italian, German, Polish, Greek, African-American, etc. But we are ALL Irish this week(!)
Bob M
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There's not many videos of the pipe band performing. But punch the link for bunch of photos of us at several recent events.
Gates Keystone Club Police Pipes & Drums
Gates Keystone Club Police Pipes & Drums
jimg.allentown
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Well, let me start off by saying that I am not Irish. I don't even wish that I was Irish.
I'll add to that by saying that my late mother's funeral was held on St. Patrick's Day in 2004. Not a day that I cherish to remember. I do remember it was a heavy snowstorm, and I had to drive through over a foot of unplowed snow on the lake roads between Skaneateles lake and Owasco lake in the finger lakes in upstate New York. That was 200 miles through snow covered roads and detouring around sections of the interstate that were closed due to crashes.
That pretty much killed my interest in St. Patricks's Day. Sorry.
I'll add to that by saying that my late mother's funeral was held on St. Patrick's Day in 2004. Not a day that I cherish to remember. I do remember it was a heavy snowstorm, and I had to drive through over a foot of unplowed snow on the lake roads between Skaneateles lake and Owasco lake in the finger lakes in upstate New York. That was 200 miles through snow covered roads and detouring around sections of the interstate that were closed due to crashes.
That pretty much killed my interest in St. Patricks's Day. Sorry.
Bryce Frazier
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YA! Here's a story for you!!!
When I was about 5, I was crudely introduced to the "game" of if you don't wear green, you WILL BE PINCHED, by my grandmother next door!! She might be 84, but she is pretty damn fast when she wants to be!!!
Green flannel tomorrow....
When I was about 5, I was crudely introduced to the "game" of if you don't wear green, you WILL BE PINCHED, by my grandmother next door!! She might be 84, but she is pretty damn fast when she wants to be!!!
Green flannel tomorrow....
I know the area you talk about very well .Our farm was right on Owasco Lake. As a kid we had to go to a friends house for a wake. That was my first and last wake. The air was blue with smoke and the people were drinking. They got a little rowdy, in fact they got more than a little rowdy. Now get this picture, This was about 70 years ago and I was a little Irish kid. I really didn't know what to make of it all but when they sat the dead man up and tried to give him a drink I ran like heck for the old truck and waited for the old man to come out and take us home. That St. Patty's day still gives me the willies.
T in NE
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St Patrick's has devolved into another excuse to get drunk mid-week, like New Years, Halloween, and sinko de mayo.
I'll come home tonight and go to bed just like any other weeknight.
I'll come home tonight and go to bed just like any other weeknight.
yes , have observed it for years as my birthday is the 18th. always have had and continue to have corned beef and cabbage. either at home or sometimes,( Rarely) go out. when kids were small it was a big deal to have Daddy's birthday for two days. LOL a good , cold beer or two along with it too. watch the K.C. parade on tv ifnothing else is being done.
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