It’s the first time I’ve had St. Paddy’s Day to celebrate as a diarist here, so let’s get our green on and have some fun with the Irish!
But first...a reminder of why we’re here:
Monday Crimson Quillfeather, Tuesday ejoanna, Wednesday Pam from Calif, Thursday art ah zen, Friday FloridaSNMOM, Saturday Gwennedd, Sunday loggersbrat
First off...Erin go Bragh!!
St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated annually on March 17, the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast–on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
Saint Patrick, who lived during the fifth century, is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of 16. He later escaped, but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to its people. In the centuries following Patrick’s death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well known legend is that he explained the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock.
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Every Irish proverb or saying you could possibly need to know.
Enjoy.
1. If you’re enough lucky to be Irish… You’re lucky enough!
2. Here’s health to your enemies’ enemies!
3. May you live as long as you want, and never want as long as you live.
4. May the wind always be at your back.
5. May you be at the gates of heaven an hour before the devil knows you’re dead!
6. Here’s to a long life and a merry one. A quick death and an easy one. A pretty girl and an honest one. A cold pint and another one!
7. Every man is sociable until a cow invades his garden.
8. May neighbours respect you, trouble neglect you, the angels protect you, and Heaven accept you.
9. It’s easy to halve the potato where there’s love.
10. I complained that I had no shoes until I met a man who had no feet.
AND MORE!
Here are some really delicious recipes for green deserts!