St Patrick's Day

[isha]

My Auntie had a special green suit she took out every At Patrick's Day.
My granny has a good green blazer
We as kids had special coordinated green-themed outfits that my mother made

Your aim was to have a good sized clump of shamrock on the rosette. Some people went overboard and practically has hanging baskets of the stuff on their bosoms.

It was a day when you could break Lent and eat as many sweets as you wanted. What a relief.

And then go to the village or town and watch the fire engine and the Credit Union float and get hard boiled sweets thrown at you with a certain vicious pleasure by yokels on tractors.

A memorable day.

[Jack The Stripper]

Catherine Martin and her poster promoting the day one would think it’s some sick drag kiddie thing. A disgrace, another bit of our culture gone.

[Mirabeau]

I always liked the day off but always found it a bit of a nothing celebration.
It feels plastic.

I mean, it's basically celebrating an questionable Welsh person who brought a hateful backwards desert religion to undermine the belief and traditions of an entire culture.

It's current state it what it deserves.

[CelticRambler]

I mean, it's basically celebrating an questionable Welsh person who brought a hateful backwards desert religion to undermine the belief and traditions of an entire culture.

And in that spirit, I've forced my French co-workers to wear tacky green oirish headgear today, which I picked up in Dealz a fortnight ago.

[Del.Monte]

I've always loathed the day for the reasons isha mentioned. The sheer tackiness of the whole thing; bakery vans with a sprig of bunting, all the local sports organisations trooping along in disorganised confusion, barely washed tractors and commercial vans, firetrucks and very poor floats in the main. It's a great day out for Americans and it's a pity that it has been re-imported here. I was fortunate never having seen a parade - apart from on TV - until my early forties when the kids had to be brought to them. Bah humbug.

[Happy Days]

Its one of those Holidays that feels a bit forced. Basically you have to enjoy if your Irish and it's mandatory to throw a gallon of Guinness down your neck. At this stage it just seems to be designed as one big tourist attraction and its original meaning lost. Now in saying that I appreciate the day off, especially when it falls near a weekend. And you never know. I might treat myself to a small one later on. I'm pretty sure St Patrick would have wanted that:)

[PlaneSpeeking]

I’m enjoying a drink, a watch of the Quiet Man and a can left there for my late da.

Let the plastics have their parades and that - we just quietly mark that we’re Irish and we remember those who have gone before.

[Del.Monte]

Well the Enniscorthy parade was as bad as ever with the wretched thing passing the house just as the Gold Cup at Cheltenham was in full flow - I suppose I deserved it! Anyway, I took a peek out and amongst the passing 'floats' was an artic tractor unit - not even pulling anything...

[PlaneSpeeking]

Well the Enniscorthy parade was as bad as ever with the wretched thing passing the house just as the Gold Cup at Cheltenham was in full flow - I suppose I deserved it! Anyway, I took a peek out and amongst the passing 'floats' was an artic tractor unit - not even pulling anything...

My local one in the Midlands had a sign “Ireland is racist - please do more!!”

Go fck yourself!!!

[isha]

Cool.

[isha]

[Del.Monte]

And not a bakery van or a tractor in sight!

[Apelles]

One of my brothers who lives in England put this in the family WhatsApp group earlier

[BrianD3]

Re: Irish Americans, I'm reminded of this sketch from The Savage Eye.

[isha]

I like this. Le mannequin pis in Brussels

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[Happy Days]

Had to pop in to Dublin City Centre this morning and took a short cut through Temple Bar. Let's say it wasnt pretty. The street cleaners will earn their money today