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Fun Fact Friday: St. Patrick's Day Shenanigans

Friday, March 17, 2017

The "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  prompt for
Fun Fact Friday, St. Patrick's Day   edition! On this day in the year 461, St. Patrick died in Saul. Ireland celebrates this day in his honor. Share with us a story of St. Patrick's Day shenanigans you've gotten into in the past...or, if you prefer, share with us some of the traditions you take part in on March 17th.

I Dream of Ireland  (ASR) Ethnic Irish foods #1979776 by Prosperous Snow celebrating

Since I was raise as a Protestant (specifically Southern Baptist) in middle America (Oklahoma) the only thing I did to celebrate St. Patrick's day was to wear green. I wore green to school or any place else I went on March 17 as a self defiance measure. If I didn't wear green on that day someone would pinch me and I, like a piece of ripe fruit, bruise easily. I didn't learn until I heard the Irish Rovers sing "The Orange and The Green" that in Ireland wearing green meant you were Catholic and Orange Protestant. I doubt that it would have made any more of a difference to me as a child then it does today.

Saint Patrick's Day Limerick  (E) Saint Patrick, the leprechaun, and the snake #1924252 by Prosperous Snow celebrating

About the only thing I do on or around St. Patrick's day is to write a poem or story with some type of Irish theme. I like limericks because the are funny, but I'll use any poetry form that appears to fit the subject of the poem. So far I written three poems with a St. Patrick's day theme in March of various years.

Meditations on Ireland  (ASR) Random Thoughts on Ireland and St. Patrick’s Day #1651395 by Prosperous Snow celebrating