Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Showing posts with label St. Patrick's Day. Show all posts
Friday, March 23, 2018
Top Ten Misconceptions About St. Patrick's Day-- Part 2: That's Bishop Patrick to You
Of course, I am just listing them. Go to the site for details.
7. Symbolic shamrock
6. Wearin' O' the Orange
5. That's Bishop Patrick
4. Snakes
3. Parades or politics
2. Guinness & Jameson
1. Irish Coffee & Shamrock Shakes
Too Green for Me. --CootSham
Thursday, March 22, 2018
Ten Misconceptions About St. Patrick's Day-- Part 1: Leprechauns
From the March 15, 2018, ListVerse.by Joseph Duprey.
As we recover from last weekend (see my RoadDog's RoadLog Blog for this week), this was a very timely account of what you think St. Patrick's Day is all about. I am just listing them. Go to the site to read about it.
10. The Diaspora (potato famine)
9. The Corned Beef Conundrum
8. Larcenous Leprechauns
Corned beef & Cabbage. Something We Should Have All Year Round. --CootGreen
Thursday, March 15, 2018
No Kissing the Soldiers at Savannah's St. Patrick's Parade
From the March 11, 2017, Chicago Tribune "Army: No kissing parading soldiers on St. Patrick's Day" by Russ Bynum, AP.
Well, the Army says that makes the soldiers look unprofessional. So, not sure how they will stop it. "Duck and cover?" No word from them as to what they will do if a gal gets in close for a kiss.
Anyway, Savannah, Georgia,'s St. Patrick's parade and celebration is legendary, right up there after Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Roughly 200 soldiers from nearby Fort Stewart will be taking part in the parade this Saturday.
Organizers say that as many as 500,000 revelers will be downtown this weekend in Georgia's oldest city.
Irish immigrants (they didn't all go to New York City and Boston) and their descendants have marched in the St. Patrick's parade since 1824.
And, It's a Real Big Parade. OK, Girls, Put Away the Lipstick. --CootRish
Tuesday, March 18, 2014
A Day Late, But In Case You Were Wondering About All Those Shamrocks
From the March 16, 2014 Parade Magazine Walter Scott's Personality Parade. Michael G. or Reno asked "Why are shamrocks linked to St. Patrick's Day? ANSWER: "Faith and begorrah, 'tis a reflection of the March 17 holiday's religious roots. Legend has it that fifth-century missionary St. Patrick, agent of Christianity in Ireland, used clover leaves to explain the concept of the Trinity: Father, Son and Holy Spirit." So, it had nothing to do with Shamrock Shakes. Right, McDonald's? -- O-Cooter
Thursday, March 17, 2011
This Being St. Patrick's Day
From Yahoo Today.
This being St. Patrick's Day and all, here's some stuff about the dear old guy that you might not know.
1. WAS HE IRISH?-- No, he was born in Britain, captured by Irish raiders, taken to Ireland, escaped after six years and returned to Britain. He became a priest and returned to Ireland to minister to the Christians there.
2. DID HE RID IRELAND OF SNAKES?-- No. Even though there are no snakes there today, there most likely never were any snakes on the island. The snake thing was probably symbolic of the pagan ways he sought to drive out.
3. DID HE USE A CLOVER WHILE PREACHING?-- Some legends say he did. He used the 3-leaf shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. Other sources claim he didn't.
4. WHAT ABOUT THE LUCKY FOUR-LEAF CLOVER?-- Actually, you can generally find one four-leaf clover in every 10,000 three-leaf ones.
So That's the Irish-Down. --Cooter
This being St. Patrick's Day and all, here's some stuff about the dear old guy that you might not know.
1. WAS HE IRISH?-- No, he was born in Britain, captured by Irish raiders, taken to Ireland, escaped after six years and returned to Britain. He became a priest and returned to Ireland to minister to the Christians there.
2. DID HE RID IRELAND OF SNAKES?-- No. Even though there are no snakes there today, there most likely never were any snakes on the island. The snake thing was probably symbolic of the pagan ways he sought to drive out.
3. DID HE USE A CLOVER WHILE PREACHING?-- Some legends say he did. He used the 3-leaf shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. Other sources claim he didn't.
4. WHAT ABOUT THE LUCKY FOUR-LEAF CLOVER?-- Actually, you can generally find one four-leaf clover in every 10,000 three-leaf ones.
So That's the Irish-Down. --Cooter
Saturday, March 21, 2009
It's a Green Thing, You Wouldn't Understand
After all this hoopla over St. Patrick's celebrations, the March 15th Chicago Tribune had a HISTORY LESSON by Mark Jacob on "The Color Green." These are always interesting and have to do with something current.
These days, you also hear a lot about folks doing the "green thing." Here are ten things you might not know about this color.
1. The GREEN CARD that you hear so much about in regards to immigration, hasn't been green for decades. It now is mostly white and looks like a drivers license.
2. Fenway Park's left field wall is known as the "Green Monster, but until 1947 , it wasn't green and was covered with advertisements. The Wrigley Field scoreboard, that green icon, was actually a reddish-brown until the mid-40s. Then, there's the green ivy along the outfield walls.
3. Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" was originally "Green Ham and Eggs." Said Sam-I-Am.
4. Military helicopter pilots wearing nigh-vision goggles, see a green world and sometimes refer to it as flying through green air.
5. On New Year's Day 1965, Soupy Sales had some extra time at the end of his children's show and asked the little guys to send those "little green pieces of paper" to him from their parents' wallets. The kids didn't have his address, but parents were mad and he got a suspension.
More Green Stuff and Ham to Come. --Da Coot
These days, you also hear a lot about folks doing the "green thing." Here are ten things you might not know about this color.
1. The GREEN CARD that you hear so much about in regards to immigration, hasn't been green for decades. It now is mostly white and looks like a drivers license.
2. Fenway Park's left field wall is known as the "Green Monster, but until 1947 , it wasn't green and was covered with advertisements. The Wrigley Field scoreboard, that green icon, was actually a reddish-brown until the mid-40s. Then, there's the green ivy along the outfield walls.
3. Dr. Seuss' "Green Eggs and Ham" was originally "Green Ham and Eggs." Said Sam-I-Am.
4. Military helicopter pilots wearing nigh-vision goggles, see a green world and sometimes refer to it as flying through green air.
5. On New Year's Day 1965, Soupy Sales had some extra time at the end of his children's show and asked the little guys to send those "little green pieces of paper" to him from their parents' wallets. The kids didn't have his address, but parents were mad and he got a suspension.
More Green Stuff and Ham to Come. --Da Coot
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