St.Patrick's Day

[SnoopDog]

Ok, can someone please explaim the whole idea of St. Patrick's Day to me? And I'm serious about this, because I'm from Germany and I only heard about it. And of course there's about a billion threads going on on Lit.
I thought it was some kind of irish celebration but it seems the whole world celebrates it, especially the U.S. of A. There's a lot of green going on and stuff.
So what's it all about? What exactly is celebrated and dies it com from Ireland?
Thnx a lot for info, oh and if there are some trolls coming, just call yourself a Leprechaun and celebrate
Snoopy

 

[ny11011]

It's the day that half the world (esp the Americans) decide they either are or descend from the Irish and get drunk to celibrate the Irish saints day. Others just get drunk for the sake of it...

 

[SnoopDog]

It's the day that half the world (esp the Americans) decide they either are or descend from the Irish and get drunk to celibrate the Irish saints day. Others just get drunk for the sake of it...

Getting drunk, lol, at least they got a purpose.
So the Irish have some saint and celebrate it and brought that to the U.S.? What saint is that, what did he do, this Patrick fellow?
Snoopy

 

[TNRkitect2b]

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th, the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is a national holiday in Ireland. It also is celebrated outside of Ireland in cities with a large number of people of Irish descent.

In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is primarily a religious holiday. People honor Saint Patrick by attending special religious services, enjoying family and community gatherings, and wearing shamrocks.

St. Patrick's Day is primarily a secular holiday in the United States. Many people wear green clothing, and they hold parties and march in parades. The first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the United States was held in Boston in 1737. Today, more than 100 cities hold parades. The parade held in New York City is the largest.

He is commonbelieved to have explained christianity to a ruler in Ireland using a shamrock, and is also supposed to have driven all of the snakes off of the island.

For more info, browse here. St. Patrick and St. Patrick's day

 

[SnoopDog]

Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th, the feast day of Saint Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is a national holiday in Ireland. It also is celebrated outside of Ireland in cities with a large number of people of Irish descent.

In Ireland, St. Patrick's Day is primarily a religious holiday. People honor Saint Patrick by attending special religious services, enjoying family and community gatherings, and wearing shamrocks.

St. Patrick's Day is primarily a secular holiday in the United States. Many people wear green clothing, and they hold parties and march in parades. The first St. Patrick's Day celebration in the United States was held in Boston in 1737. Today, more than 100 cities hold parades. The parade held in New York City is the largest.

He is commonbelieved to have explained christianity to a ruler in Ireland using a shamrock, and is also supposed to have driven all of the snakes off of the island.

For more info, browse here. St. Patrick and St. Patrick's day

Thnx a lot TNRkitect2b. At least someone could tell me.
It kinda says a lot when you think about it, doesn't it. I mean a religious holiday in Ireland, a day for much drinking in the US, lol
So I guess it'll never be famous here in Germany, but at least Halloween is becoming an issue over here
Thnx again.
Snoopy
Snoopy

 

[Mskey]

Well done...TNRkitect2b gets a gold star!

The shamrock was used to explain the trinity in christianity because like the trinity it was three sided. ( don't ask how a nice Jewish girl knows such things...lol). Patrick is also believed to have taught many of the Irish commoners to read and write in a time when only noblemen and clerics had such priviledge.

St. Patty's day in the US has in fact become little more then a day to drink green beer and indulge in a gas inducing feast of corned beef and cabbage- with a few boiled potatoes thrown in for good measure - but it's good fun just the same. So, enjoy the day and don't forget the rub the Blarney stone for luck.Oooh and wear your grenn with pride leat you end up black and blue from the pinches!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

 

[SnoopDog]

Well done...TNRkitect2b gets a gold star!

The shamrock was used to explain the trinity in christianity because like the trinity it was three sided. ( don't ask how a nice Jewish girl knows such things...lol). Patrick is also believed to have taught many of the Irish commoners to read and write in a time when only noblemen and clerics had such priviledge.

St. Patty's day in the US has in fact become little more then a day to drink green beer and indulge in a gas inducing feast of corned beef and cabbage- with a few boiled potatoes thrown in for good measure - but it's good fun just the same. So, enjoy the day and don't forget the rub the Blarney stone for luck.Oooh and wear your grenn with pride leat you end up black and blue from the pinches!

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Green beer, well, as I don't drink beer anyway I guess it makes it no more gross for me. But isn't a green beer a rather odd sight?
Snoopy
P.S.: Mskey, I have to ask it....how does a nice jewish girl like you know such things ?

 

[Mskey]

Green beer, well, as I don't drink beer anyway I guess it makes it no more gross for me. But isn't a green beer a rather odd sight?
Snoopy
P.S.: Mskey, I have to ask it....how does a nice jewish girl like you know such things ?

OK...green beer was indeed a rather odd sight and I had to get good and drunk before I could bring myself to even consider drinking it! It still tastes like beer though, just a little food coloring. Now the weirdest St. Patricks day thing I've ever seen was on trip to Chicago, they'd dyed the river green!!

Oh and how a nice jewish girl like me knows such things...mmmm...maybe I'm not so nice after all.


or maybe I married a catholic...lol!

 

[ReadyOne]

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of engineers.

Engineering schools are particularly wild about using it as an excuse to celebrate!

 

[CelticFrog]

He is commonbelieved to have explained christianity to a ruler in Ireland using a shamrock, and is also supposed to have driven all of the snakes off of the island.

"Driving the snakes from Ireland" is, to put it bluntly, the 'nice' way to say that he drove paganism from Ireland.

I don't want to start a discussion on religion here. So PLEASE don't do it. That can be a thread for the GB.

Anyhow, Snoop, for those who are Irish (especially us Irish Catholics) the holiday has some real significance. Still, it's a great excuse to get drunk, pinch people who haven't worn green, and above all -- celebrate the fact that the Irish people would have ruled the world if God hadn't given us alcohol.



This is SO my day.

*jig*
Ang

 

[TNRkitect2b]

"Driving the snakes from Ireland" is, to put it bluntly, the 'nice' way to say that he drove paganism from Ireland.

I don't want to start a discussion on religion here. So PLEASE don't do it. That can be a thread for the GB.

Anyhow, Snoop, for those who are Irish (especially us Irish Catholics) the holiday has some real significance. Still, it's a great excuse to get drunk, pinch people who haven't worn green, and above all -- celebrate the fact that the Irish people would have ruled the world if God hadn't given us alcohol.



This is SO my day.

*jig*
Ang

Wasn't trying to start a religous battle dear, just explaining what it was. Though, there are no snakes occuring naturally in Ireland but I also am not suprised that that is a way to say drove the pagans from the land. BTW, I am wearing green too so no pinching for me, it sounds like Sheath on the otherhand might not be, according to her posts, wanna gang up on her?

 

[CelticFrog]

it sounds like Sheath on the otherhand might not be, according to her posts, wanna gang up on her?

I'm not sure she's wearing anything.

Ang

 

[TNRkitect2b]

I'm not sure she's wearing anything.

Ang

She admitted she wasn't earlier.... and by default that includes green, so she is fair game!

 

[CelticFrog]

She admitted she wasn't earlier.... and by default that includes green, so she is fair game!

Well, since I know she's tattooless, then you're correct.

However, *I* am ALWAYS wearing green. In the form of a shamrock with a frog on it. (heh)

Ang

 

[TNRkitect2b]

Well, since I know she's tattooless, then you're correct.

However, *I* am ALWAYS wearing green. In the form of a shamrock with a frog on it. (heh)

Ang

Well I can't pinch you then, but I want to have personal verification that she has no tatoos. I want to inspect very carefuly to make sure

 

[sheath]

She admitted she wasn't earlier.... and by default that includes green, so she is fair game!

Yes, I admit the truth.

I am completely naked.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, laddy!

S.

 

[sheath]

Well I can't pinch you then, but I want to have personal verification that she has no tatoos. I want to inspect very carefuly to make sure

Ahem. No tattoos. Anywhere. At all.

Yet.



Verification is always good.

S.

 

[CelticFrog]

Yes, I admit the truth.

I am completely naked.

Happy St. Patrick's Day, laddy!

S.

Did I just hear a can opener?
Why are all these worms suddenly running amok?


Ang

 

[sheath]

Did I just hear a can opener?
Why are all these worms suddenly running amok?


Ang

Did I mention I'm feeling incredibly sensual as well?

*sigh*

I'm thinking about passion fruit, kiwi, peaches...yum.

WHOOPS!

Back to the original thread!
Before I get myself in trouble.

S.

 

[midwestyankee]

OK...green beer was indeed a rather odd sight and I had to get good and drunk before I could bring myself to even consider drinking it! It still tastes like beer though, just a little food coloring. Now the weirdest St. Patricks day thing I've ever seen was on trip to Chicago, they'd dyed the river green!!

Oh and how a nice jewish girl like me knows such things...mmmm...maybe I'm not so nice after all.


or maybe I married a catholic...lol!

Yes indeed. Dyeing the Chicago River green is a long-standing tradition around here. Since the mayor's office has been held in Irish hands for the vast majority of the last 60 years or so (better than half of that time in one family, no less) such excesses in honor of St. Patrick are excused.

Of course, no one remarks on the fact that in July the river also looks quite green. It's just that the festive green that develops from the dyeing is quite livid. It's cause enough to dive into the green beer. But that's another thread altogether. And please don't ask about the penance one does when touring all the breweries in Milwaukee on March 18.

 

[Four_Inch_Heels]

They dye the Milwaukee River here green too. Never heard of that pinching if not wearing green custom.

Although my hubby and I aren't Irish, today is special to us because our son was born on March 17. Kinda wish he was part Irish!

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

 

[ABN_Ranger]

Hell... On St. Patricks Day, everyone is Irish... at least that's what we told people at work to get out early, hehehe... I am the sham-master. WOO-HOOOOOOOOO!

J

 

[bobsgirl]

Anyhow, Snoop, for those who are Irish (especially us Irish Catholics) the holiday has some real significance. Still, it's a great excuse to get drunk, pinch people who haven't worn green, and above all -- celebrate the fact that the Irish people would have ruled the world if God hadn't given us alcohol.



This is SO my day.

*jig*
Ang

Well, that explains a lot. I never knew you got pinched for not wearing green, and hub came in from work yesterday and pinched my ass. I thought he was getting frisky , now you're telling me it was because I was wearing purple. Sheesh, talk about mixed signals!