Why do we have to celebrate St. Patrick's Day?
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Anonymous
| It’s just a reason to drink or have a party. No need to participate. |
Anonymous
You are my new favorite poster. Can I come enjoy some of Nana's soda bread? |
Anonymous
Incredibly simple. This makes a huge loaf so you can have it if you want. It is a fresh bread so it dosn't keep well past 3 days at most. I put raisins in mine https://www.seattletimes.com/life/food-drink/its-almost-st-patricks-day-heres-a-recipe-for-irish-brown-soda-bread-thats-hearty-and-easy-to-make/ |
Anonymous
| Bleck- no raisins!! We have Americanized ours. But melted butter on top and sprinkle with sugar b4 baking. Taste wonderful!! Adds sweetness, 300 calories and a increase in risk for heart disease! |
Anonymous
Of course! I decided to make one early because of this thread. The Kerrygold is softening on the counter right now. |
Anonymous
| You don't. My mom is Irish (born and raised) and we never celebrate it at all. |
Anonymous
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you don't have to.
signed, a Irish-American from Boston. |
Anonymous
Is your refrigerator running? |
Anonymous
| My Dad's Irish. We don't really celebrate St. Patrick's day either. |
Anonymous
Again, incredibly overdone. |
Anonymous
Because of white supremacy? |
Anonymous
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As others have said, it's more of an Irish-American than an Irish holiday. Indeed, the origins of the holiday are quite different in New York City and in Boston.
In NYC, it was a religious thing. Parade started as a reaction to the Know Nothing Party. The archdiocese of NY's patron saint is St Patrick and its cathedral is St. Patrick's. So originally, it was more a celebration of Catholicism than of the Irish.The cardinal always comes out and blesses the parade and the Church determines who can officially march in the parade and the slogans that can be used. "England Out of Ireland" was about as far as the Church would let people go back in the day. Histoically gays were not allowed to march under a banner saying they were gay. It almost always happens during Lent and if it falls on a Friday, the archdiocese of New York grants everyone a dispensation so they can eat their corned beef. (Normally Catholics can't eat meat on Fridays during Lent.) Lots of people who give up drinking for Lent make an exception for St Pat's. Frankly, the dispensation is granted because Irish pubs do a lot of business on St. Pat's but when it fell on a Friday they got very few customers and so they petitioned for the dispensation. Boston St. Pat's was never a religious event. In Boston itself, the day is a holiday. It's NOT St. Pat's. It's "Evacuation Day," which is only a holiday in Suffolk County (Boston) and not across the river in Cambridge of for that matter in the rest of Massachusetts. The St Patrick's Day parade isn't on St. Pat's but rather on the Sunday after it. If you're not Irish, nobody cares if you celebrate. It's mostly in large cities with lots of Irish-Americans that it's anything approaching a big deal. |
Anonymous
| I can't believe someone took the time to start this ridiculous thread. You don't have to celebrate anything you don't want to celebrate. Wear green or don't. No one cares. And no one is shaming you, so you can stop that narrative right there. |
Anonymous
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I first heard this joke on St. Patrick's Day a few years ago.
"An Irishman moves into a tiny hamlet in County Kerry, walks into the pub and promptly orders three beers. The bartender raises his eyebrows, but serves the man three beers, which he drinks quietly at a table, alone, one at a time. The next evening the man again orders and drinks three beers at a time. And so one, each evening for a week. Finally, the bartender broaches the subject “I don’t mean to pry, but why you always order three beers at a time?” ‘Tis odd, isn’t it?” the man replies, “You see, I have two brothers, and one went to America, and the other to Australia. We promised each other that we would always order an extra two beers whenever we drank as a way of keeping up the family bond.” Then, one day, the man comes in and orders only two beers. The bartender pours them with a heavy heart. The bartender offers a quiet prayer for the soul of one of the brothers. After some hesitation, he approaches the man. “I want to offer condolences to you for the death of your brother. You know – the two beers and all…” The man ponders this for a moment, then replies, “Oh, no both brothers are alive and well… I just gave up drinking for Lent.” |
Anonymous
| It’s a needed break between Pi Day and April Fools Day. |