Del Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Why Saint Patrick's Day? Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide. So, why is it celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that that is the day that St. Patrick died. Since the holiday began in Ireland, it is believed that as the Irish spread out around the world, they took with them their history and celebrations. The biggest observance of all is, of course, in Ireland. With the exception of restaurants and pubs, almost all businesses close on March 17th. Being a religious holiday as well, many Irish attend mass, where March 17th is the traditional day for offering prayers for missionaries worldwide before the serious celebrating begins. In American cities with a large Irish population, St. Patrick's Day is a very big deal. Big cities and small towns alike celebrate with parades, "wearing of the green," music and songs, Irish food and drink, and activities for kids such as crafts, coloring and games. Some communities even go so far as to dye rivers or streams green! LET'S GET PISSED!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shawnald Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 I'll be pissed wait not much like any other day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velvet Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 I'm drinking a Guinness as we speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 hey..i'm Irish (well my mom is from Belfast) can i really use the "religious holiday" excuse to get off work tomorrow night and kick-er-down at Cuff the Duke and JMATS up there in the Peterpatch!? not sure where the religion part comes in, but i'll cash in on it! drinking a Cameron's Lager (it has a green label) and smoking kind [color:"green"] GREEN bud as I type. Happy St.Patty's all :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paisley Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 in from trainingfeeling sprytonight...aye begore, lads... god bless ya and yer stones"I always keep a supply of stimulant handy in case I see a snake--which I also keep handy." - W.C. Fields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Low Roller Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 People around here are stoked for St. Patty's Day so that they can become total drunken arses and have a good excuse while doing it. I for am scared of a drunken English town, so I'll be staying indoors tonight with my door locked and my shotgun cocked. heh. I said cock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaidy Mae Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 I'll be joining the family for our usual trek to my grandfather's grave. It's been 10 years since the Irish bloke dropped dead while marching in a St. Paddy's Day parade (while nicely boiled, mind you). So the new tradition has been to sit around (in the freezing cold) telling stories of his drunken antics (my favourite being a Legion family bar-b-q that he got liquored up for and went streaking through...while president of said Legion no less). Old Jack was quite a character. I'll be more than happy to pour some good, dark rum on his grave tonight. [color:"green"] Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bouche Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 St.Patrick's Day: The world's greatest excuse to leave work early and get drunk for no real reason. we need more days like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomFoolery Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 I found a dozen people in my kitchen at 6:30 AM. The only respectable response was to break out the Jamesons, and make a batch of Creme de Menthe pancakes. I'm having a hard time keeping the monitor in focus this morning - but fvck do I have a wide-ass grin on my face... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottieking Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Creme de Menthe pancakes? Yikes! Faith and begore, tis that time of year again. And for once, I don't have to work in the morning!!! The sliver of me that's Irish tips one high today in honour of me Grandma Essie. Erin go brough or as we say it here, Erin go braaaaaaaaa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gr8FuL Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Whatta great day, People drinkin green booze all day long, leaving work, listening to irish tunes, man i live IN Saint JOhn N.b, the people in this city are are just stoked for today its really warm and sunny, everyones driving around with the windows open waving to each other, I drove by the main irish pub uptown and there was a massive lineup already and this was at 10:30 this morning!!Goodtimes Happy St Patties day Everyone Cheers Josh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CyberHippie Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Weeee one of the best days of the year! I'll be sure to drink/smoke something green today! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RayRay Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Happy St Patrick's Day Everyone!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CookieMonster Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Ah yes, not-quite-a-saint Patrick. The man who killed his own sister by running her over with a chariot not once, but 3 times in an effort to save her soul (or so I've been told). I don't think I'll be raising a glass to him today, but I will certainly raise a glass to my good friend Beer - green or otherwise. Mmmmmmmm beer... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Get off my ass you wee bitty fu©k If I pull out the Claymore you're sh!t outta luck Who's that girl, that pretty young thing After I fu©k her she'll get up and sing Aye Aye Aye -- sharpen your boot, and bludgeon your eye Aye Aye Aye -- the Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye Down to the pub for a two shilling ale The bread on the counter is going stale If I don't get some fresh bread soon Gonna punch you in your face and bark at the moon Aye Aye Aye -- sharpen your boot, and bludgeon your eye Aye Aye Aye -- the Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye Ain't got no girl 'cuz I haven't the time Got too many other things on me mind Patty was nice she was pale and cute But I threw her away like an old piece of fruit Aye Aye Aye -- sharpen your boot, and bludgeon your eye Aye Aye Aye -- the Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye Got ooze in my pores my feet are all wet Got mold in my ears but I ain't dead yet Got stones in me bladder got a crack in me head When Patty starts cryin' this is what I said Aye Aye Aye -- sharpen your boot, and bludgeon your eye Aye Aye Aye -- the Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye Ween - "The Blarney Stone" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 woo hoo! i'm doing a whole lot of nothing tonight, got to work at nine tomorrow morning and first thing is a meeting with my boss, so i really don't want to go in smelling like a still. maybe i'll go out for beer this afternoon and drink one down for my mom, she's half irish and it's her birthday today. oddly, i also am half irish, my mom and my dad were both half irish, so i guess that makes me two quarters irish, no? my dad is irish catholic and my mom is irish protestant, and they didn't see that divorce coming!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 I watching college basketball all day, then I'm heading to the OHL game between the Kingston Frontenacs vs St. Mike's Majors game tonight... a game Kingston has to win to keep their playoff hopes alive. After the game I'll be looking for some Guiness, probably at the Sports Cafe on St.Claire & Yonge. Up Cork! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Im going home Donny Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Any Ottawa kidz heading out for green beers? I might hit Babylon but I doubt green beer will be found there? :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Large Marge Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 Watch out for those lucky charms kids!!! Cheers (green beers)! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timouse Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 i hope everyone has a good time tonight, and that few get in to the same shape that the fella in large marge's post is in. magically delicious my a$$ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bONES Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 wahooooo i'm playing hooky and up in Peterborough :: i get to get drunk all day and see Cuff the Duke tonight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggrtrhhrtgg Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 by a lonely prison wall I heard a young girl calling Michael they have taken you away for you stole Travalian's corn so the young might see the morn now a prison ship lies waiting in the bay Low lie the field of Anthern Rye where once we watched the small free bird fly our love was on the wing we had dreams and songs to sing its so lonely round the field of Anthern Rye ... Happy St.Patrick's Day ya bunch of dodgy skanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaimoe Posted March 17, 2005 Report Share Posted March 17, 2005 I doubt that anyone alive has " done-up " St. Patrick's Day like our buddy Shane: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic ChrisC Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 I felt just fine until I saw this Shane picture and your avatar. Now I feel rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorgnor Posted March 18, 2005 Report Share Posted March 18, 2005 Read the last paragraph."The Irish and the Scots Are From the Same TribeIreland used to be divided up into five parts, the five fifths. There was a northern fifth, Ulster, a western fifth, Connaught, a southern fifth, Munster, an eastern fifth, Leinster and a middle fifth, Mide. Click here to see a map of the five fifths.The Ulster Cycle is a set of stories which are grounded in the five fifths. Indeed, they are primarily concerned with Cú Chulainn, the Ulster hero and his king, Conor Mac Nessa in their wars against the king and queen of Connaught, Ailill and Maeve. These figures play a prominent role in the what may be the greatest story of the Ulster Cycle, the Táin Bó Cúailnge, The Cattle Raid of Cooley.Sometime after 300 AD, Ulster became steadily less important in status among the five farthings and the ruling family of Mide, the Uí Néill Sons of Niall started to take over large parts of Connaught and most of Ulster. A similar move was made in Muster by the ruling family of Munster, the Eoganachta family. Thus was Ireland divided almost entirely into two halves.The people of Ulster were pushed to a small coastal strip bordering the Irish Sea. The kingdom changed it's name to Dál Riata. Yet eventually Dál Riata fell under the rule and influence of the Uí Néill. This family, not content with the boundry presented by the sea, launched colonies across the Irish Sea into then Pictish Britain. Thus was Scotland founded, for it was these Uí Néill that the Romans called Scotti, not the original Picts.Indeed, it was this Irish Expansion which led to Christianity in Scotland in 563 AD. St. Columba, the patron saint of Scotland, was a member of a powerful family in Dál Riata and in order to keep his ties in Ireland he settled on an island that was close to both Scotland and Ireland, Iona. Of course, even more bizarre is the fact that St. Patrick, the man responsible for bringing Christianity to Ireland in the first place, was from Wales." Irish my arse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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