Re: ☘ St. Patrick's Day Dinner? ☘ 3/17/2025

On 2025-03-19, Dave Smith <adavid.smith@sympatico.ca> wrote:

On 2025-03-18 8:45 p.m., Graham wrote:

On 2025-03-17 2:05 p.m., Bruce wrote:

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Americans love any day that gives them an excuse to get roaring drunk
and drink like an Irishman. Dyeing a river green and eating corned beef
and cabbage is mostly secondary silliness.
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https://apnews.com/article/patrick-chicago-river-dye-green-irish-5a61721b445577b8f76a5e106c55ca5e

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It says that Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland in the
fifth century. St Patrick's Day should be a day of mourning!
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But he was Welsh!!!

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Was he?  I thought there were a number of places all over England and
perhaps even Scotland where some claim he was born. While Christianity
has had a checkered past,the Druids were a particularly nasty religious
authority.

Only if you believe what might have been Roman propaganda.  The
actual evidence is subject to multiple interpretations.


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Cindy Hamilton