Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 16:36     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
I have some Irish ancestors but they would have worn orange so I just opt out.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 16:21     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no.


I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian.


That is considered doubly offensive and you’re better wearing a different color, unless your aim is to be offensive.


Eh, that's a bit overblown and very much depends on where you are and how deliberately provocative you're being. In the US, realistically no one's going to care that much. If you're in, say, Derry it may be perceived as a very specific political message. But it's not the 90s anymore either.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 16:16     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
I'm Irish American and my kids "celebrate" it the same way I did - wearing green and pinching people. We don't elf on the shelf, tooth fairy footprint, whatever the leaving a basket on someone's porch and they pay it forward thing is, or mess up toilets. I'm all for kids having magical childhoods but I'm not going to stress myself out incorporating every new fad.

But my daughter did come home and tell me they had "Leprechaun Soup" at school, which is apparently rainbow sherbet and lemon soda, so I guess DCPS ran out of speedballs and had to improvise.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 16:07     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:When did the leprechaun trap, etc stuff start? Elf on Shelf fallout or precursor or what?

We just had kiss me I'm Irish buttons.


It’s within the past decade or so because no one did this even when my teens were little. I’m half Irish American and always celebrate with Irish music and either Irish food or Irish American food. And usually Irish beer but not getting drunk. And yes the wearing of the green and definitely no orange unless it’s the flag. When the kids were little we also read folk tales.
the leprechaun traps drive me nuts because if you know anything about Irish follllre you know the last thing you want is to capture one of the fairy folk. That always ends very badly. They are wee little tricksters and their magic brings nothing good.

PS if anyone wants something fun with their kids, watch Song of the Sea!


I read this entirely in an Irish accent
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 16:05     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no.


I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian.


That is considered doubly offensive and you’re better wearing a different color, unless your aim is to be offensive.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:53     Subject: Re:Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:Corned beef isn't Irish; it's Irish American. The Irish themselves--or at least the poor who were the overwhelming majority--rarely ate meat. When they did, it was from the pig--bacon or pork, especially sausages.

This is an article in Smithsonian Magazine which explains how the Irish-American tradition of corned beef and cabbage came about. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/



I mean the distinction for Americans is sort of fine. I say this as someone with an Irish grandparent and parent who's a citizen. Don't be demanding Corned beef and cabbage actually in Ireland, don't engage in stereotypes and such in Ireland or to Irish people (my granddad got called a leprechaun in school due to being a small guy with an Irish accent).

Big one: don't order "Irish carbombs" in Ireland. Just don't do it. "Black and tans" isn't as bad but still an eh.

But here in the US if you want to eat some corned beef and cabbage or make the poor life choice to drink a dyed green beer, have at it.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:52     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:I'm not Irish and I hate the color green, so no.


I wear orange, not catholic and Presbyterian.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:42     Subject: Re:Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Corned beef isn't Irish; it's Irish American. The Irish themselves--or at least the poor who were the overwhelming majority--rarely ate meat. When they did, it was from the pig--bacon or pork, especially sausages.

This is an article in Smithsonian Magazine which explains how the Irish-American tradition of corned beef and cabbage came about. https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/is-corned-beef-really-irish-2839144/

Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:20     Subject: Re:Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I am brown and not Christian. I wear green, drink beer. What more is required?


Call your mate an eejit when s/he starts acting a fool.


Queue up some Pugies, U2 and Saw doctors. Put butter on something.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:19     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:When did the leprechaun trap, etc stuff start? Elf on Shelf fallout or precursor or what?

We just had kiss me I'm Irish buttons.


It’s within the past decade or so because no one did this even when my teens were little. I’m half Irish American and always celebrate with Irish music and either Irish food or Irish American food. And usually Irish beer but not getting drunk. And yes the wearing of the green and definitely no orange unless it’s the flag. When the kids were little we also read folk tales.
the leprechaun traps drive me nuts because if you know anything about Irish follllre you know the last thing you want is to capture one of the fairy folk. That always ends very badly. They are wee little tricksters and their magic brings nothing good.

PS if anyone wants something fun with their kids, watch Song of the Sea!
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:16     Subject: Re:Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Anonymous wrote:I am brown and not Christian. I wear green, drink beer. What more is required?


Call your mate an eejit when s/he starts acting a fool.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:06     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
When did the leprechaun trap, etc stuff start? Elf on Shelf fallout or precursor or what?

We just had kiss me I'm Irish buttons.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:05     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
No. I used to turn the toilet water green and make a trap with the kids, but they are older now. I don't care about St. Patrick's Day. Always thought it was kind of tacky. I grew up going to Catholic school where almost everyone was Irish.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:03     Subject: Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
Of course. Yes we do. Every year.
Anonymous
Post 03/17/2026 15:03     Subject: Re:Do you celebrate St Patrick’s Day if you’re not of Irish Descent
I am brown and not Christian. I wear green, drink beer. What more is required?