I didn't think it fair that I should ignore the Patron Saint of Ireland when I had already feted the Patron Saint of Wales, St. David. And, it's not as if I'm going to ignore St. George now is it? I suppose that means I'll also have tip my hat to St. Andrew in November.
Americans love St. Patrick's Day. I don't get it. I grew up veritably surrounded by people of Irish descent in Liverpool, and I've got to say, not a whole lot of attention was paid to it as a holiday. Personally, the closest I ever got to celebrating on Paddy's Day (and by close, I literally mean proximity) was when, as a teenager, I accidentally bumped into an inebriated old dear, complete with shamrock festooned lapel, exiting the Irish Centre on Mount Pleasant in Liverpool city centre.However you feel about St. Patrick's Day, I hope you have a good one. I'm off to have a glass of Sauvignon blanc. Diddly, diddly, diddly, diddly...
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"He guarded me before I knew him, and before I came to wisdom and could distinguish between good and evil. He protected me and consoled me as a father does for his son (daughter)."
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From St. Patrick
Vinogirl,
You forgot St. Joseph's Day, March 19.
He was Mary's spouse, although he did not know her, in the Biblical sense.
NHwineman: Didn't know St. Patrick had said anything!
Thomas: I'm sticking with the patron saints of the British Isles.
In the words of another great Irishman...arse feck!
Father Jack Hackett would be proud of you.
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