If a day noted for the high rate of imbibition is named after me, certainly, I must comment. The religious leader depicted to the left was a Roman born in Scotland in Year 387, kidnapped as a teenager in Wales and taken to Ireland, but fled back home to became a minister, returned to the Emerald Island and was almost executed for his missionary work. He went on to become the Patron Saint of Ireland.
There is a lot of mystery associated with his life, and you will note those reptiles at his feet. Well, there have never been snakes on Ireland, so the story is that the equivalent in those days (from the Christian point of view) were pagans and Druids.
There is a lot of mystery associated with his life, and you will note those reptiles at his feet. Well, there have never been snakes on Ireland, so the story is that the equivalent in those days (from the Christian point of view) were pagans and Druids.
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He did drive these heathens out of Ireland (actually, he mostly converted them), and, for that, and a few other miracles, became a saint. He is associated with preaching the ministry through the shamrock, the three leaved clover standing for the Father, Son and Holy Spirit, and is known to have started more than 300 churches.
St. Patrick’s Day is always on March 17 and is a national holiday in Ireland. In addition to the snake myth, another one is the association with the color green. There is a St. Patrick blue, which is found in the Irish Flag and in the plume of the Irish Guards.
The early Irish settled in Boston and held the first parade as early as 1737, followed by the New York version, in 1762, which is now the world’s largest. These immigrants came in larger numbers when the potato famine of the mid-1880’s killed more than 5 million and forced widespread emigration. They had a tough beginning as the Ku Klux Klan then sided more with the blacks than the Irish.
So how did this European inspire annual drunken bouts in every one of our 50 states (even Utah has a parade and two Irish pubs)? Well, St. Patrick is not unlike St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, in that the marketplace has taken over. In the USA it is more a celebration of enjoying being Irish for a few hours, and the person is just a convenient excuse.
Since 1962 the Chicago River has been colored green on this day. It began as 100 pounds of fluorescent dye, but the Environmental Protection Agency forced the city to convert to 40 pounds of a safer concoction (the color is orange, but turns a vivid emerald in water) which is kept secret. The White House fountain today also sprays green, President Obama’s means of honoring his second city.
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The Dow Jones Industrials jumped again today, 179 to 7396. A stronger than anticipated housing report helped stimulate the surge. Oil edged up another $1.43/barrel to $48.78 and gold further fell $7/toz to $917.
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Tropical Cyclone Ken formed far northeast of New Zealand, and is moving away.
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St. Patrick’s Day is always on March 17 and is a national holiday in Ireland. In addition to the snake myth, another one is the association with the color green. There is a St. Patrick blue, which is found in the Irish Flag and in the plume of the Irish Guards.
The early Irish settled in Boston and held the first parade as early as 1737, followed by the New York version, in 1762, which is now the world’s largest. These immigrants came in larger numbers when the potato famine of the mid-1880’s killed more than 5 million and forced widespread emigration. They had a tough beginning as the Ku Klux Klan then sided more with the blacks than the Irish.
So how did this European inspire annual drunken bouts in every one of our 50 states (even Utah has a parade and two Irish pubs)? Well, St. Patrick is not unlike St. Nicholas and St. Valentine, in that the marketplace has taken over. In the USA it is more a celebration of enjoying being Irish for a few hours, and the person is just a convenient excuse.
Since 1962 the Chicago River has been colored green on this day. It began as 100 pounds of fluorescent dye, but the Environmental Protection Agency forced the city to convert to 40 pounds of a safer concoction (the color is orange, but turns a vivid emerald in water) which is kept secret. The White House fountain today also sprays green, President Obama’s means of honoring his second city.
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The Dow Jones Industrials jumped again today, 179 to 7396. A stronger than anticipated housing report helped stimulate the surge. Oil edged up another $1.43/barrel to $48.78 and gold further fell $7/toz to $917.
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Tropical Cyclone Ken formed far northeast of New Zealand, and is moving away.
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