Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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Ms. Whidden, my english teacher, was the only one who like.. celebrated in class.. we had scones and watched some Irish movie.... it was awesome! Oh, and we read Irish blessings and sayings... some where hysterical, or just meaningful....
Most people wore green. A few wore green SHOES! And some did get pinched...
I had to write my own Irish blessing... it's lame, really...
Most people wore green. A few wore green SHOES! And some did get pinched...
I had to write my own Irish blessing... it's lame, really...
Some sayings that were hysterical....DAM wrote in English class wrote:God's grace be upon you this fair day
May he make your way
Straight and narrow and protected
Love, dream, enjoy what has been erected
Just never forget those who love you
In fatih, hope, and love... for you
Haha!!!May your home always be too small to hold all your friends.
God is good, but never dance in a small boat.
As you slide down the banister of life,
May the splinters never point in the wrong direction!
My fav:May you be in
Heaven a half hour before the
Devil knows you're dead!
YEAH FOR ST. PATTY'S DAY!Dance as if no one were watching,
Sing as if no one were listening,
And live every day as if it were your last.
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But did not Patrick choose to go back to Ireland? Did he not bring Christianity and convert those that used to hate him? I think the point of celebrating Irish things is just remembering the country where Patrick chose to spend his life serving the Irish people. And shamrocks are supposedly what he used to illustrate the Trinity, so that's where they come in.King Butter Turtle wrote:Why do we celebrate the Irish when they enslaved and attempted to kill the very man that the day is supposedly honoring?
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That's....what a shamrock is.
Wikipedia wrote:The four-leaf clover is often confused with the shamrock. While the four-leaf clover is a symbol of good luck, the three-leafed shamrock is mainly an Irish Christian symbol of the Holy Trinity and has a different significance.
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Someone ran into my office and pinched me and ran out at work last night.
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I'm wearing green today, but I wore brown yesterday.
Nobody pinched me, and that's good because the tradition of pinching those who do not wear green is descended from the ancient worship of the pagan deity Ervose who was green, representing spring and life. As part of a worship ceremony, half the people would wear green, signifying Ervose, and the other half would wear brown, signifying death. The two groups would engage in a mock war, with Ervose slapping death and gaining the victory, therefore bringing new life at springtime. Over time this pagan custom merged with the celebration of St Patrick's Day and turned into pinching those who did not wear green.
I made all that up... but was it believable?
Nobody pinched me, and that's good because the tradition of pinching those who do not wear green is descended from the ancient worship of the pagan deity Ervose who was green, representing spring and life. As part of a worship ceremony, half the people would wear green, signifying Ervose, and the other half would wear brown, signifying death. The two groups would engage in a mock war, with Ervose slapping death and gaining the victory, therefore bringing new life at springtime. Over time this pagan custom merged with the celebration of St Patrick's Day and turned into pinching those who did not wear green.
I made all that up... but was it believable?
I started to believe you, then got a strange feeling that you were joking.SivartM wrote:I'm wearing green today, but I wore brown yesterday.
Nobody pinched me, and that's good because the tradition of pinching those who do not wear green is descended from the ancient worship of the pagan deity Ervose who was green, representing spring and life. As part of a worship ceremony, half the people would wear green, signifying Ervose, and the other half would wear brown, signifying death. The two groups would engage in a mock war, with Ervose slapping death and gaining the victory, therefore bringing new life at springtime. Over time this pagan custom merged with the celebration of St Patrick's Day and turned into pinching those who did not wear green.
I made all that up... but was it believable?
The brown vs. green mock war didn't make much sense. Plus I have never heard of the deity Ervose. You didn't explain how a mock war ended up as a pinching. I think if that were real it would have kept the brown clothes part for the pessimistic/anti-social people.
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Right, but if we're celebrating his good works for christianity, shouldn't we be celebrating the English?Laura Ingalls wrote:But did not Patrick choose to go back to Ireland? Did he not bring Christianity and convert those that used to hate him? I think the point of celebrating Irish things is just remembering the country where Patrick chose to spend his life serving the Irish people. And shamrocks are supposedly what he used to illustrate the Trinity, so that's where they come in.King Butter Turtle wrote:Why do we celebrate the Irish when they enslaved and attempted to kill the very man that the day is supposedly honoring?
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