St. Pat
Let’s talk about St. Pat.
St. Patrick’s day is a major holiday here. It’s when people “get their Irish” out. (I have no idea what that means.) You can drink copious quantities of green beer at any local bar. There’s a parade and a few events for people to celebrate their Irish hyphen.
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All in celebration of the saint who threw the “snakes” out of Ireland.
Of course, those “snakes” were actually non-Christian Pagans and the like. They were ethnically cleaned by a fanatical Catholic monk who burned alive, hung, tortured, and who knows what else, men, women and children.
Sounds familiar doesn’t it?
I thought everyone knew this. But it turns out that after copious quantities of green beer, people actually believe that the Catholic church made this guy a saint because he removed reptiles from a small island. It takes all kinds.
Filed under: Distractions, Going out on a limb
I’m not sure anyone believes or cares about the reptile thing..it’s the beer or whiskey that count..
Lots of St Paddy’s parties happening here which will involve great drunkenness and sentimental songs and possibly cabbage.
Angela
I was reading an article on the BBC about the bee virus…your poor bees.
Angela - Poor bees…. our one hive is hanging on. Yeah, beer and whiskey. They always say that God invented whiskey to keep the Irish from running the world. I didn’t realize they celebrated in the So. of France!
I’m with Angela, it’s all about the green beer, which I had none of since I worked Friday and Saturday night. Bah!!
I gues Catholics will make anyone a saint, even really mean people. I didn’t know this about St. Pat, good to know.
Nila - Sorry you had to work - bleck! As Irish as I am (yes, even I have a hyphen), I hate green beer. Irish Whiskey? Bring the bottle. Beer? ew
One thing I know about St Patrick is he taught folks how to read.