This is how we celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day!
Breakfast:
Dinner:
Corn Beef & Cabbage & Irish Soda Bread from my sister in-law Patrice
Snack:
Desert:
Health Warning- https://www.verywellhealth.com/green-stool-meaning-89207
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Happy St.Patrick’s Day! Celebrating my little bit of Irish today with my hubby who is 30% Irish. I never grew up celebrating this day- growing up with my mom it was just another day on the calendar. Turns out she has 0% Irish running in her blood. So, I have my little bit of Irish coming from my Michigan family. Not sure if the Johnson line carries any Irish- might all be coming from my grandma Beatrice Batchelder? Anyway, wishing everyone a wonderful day.
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There’s loads of interesting information about St. Patrick’s Day. Here’s some from mentalfloss.com:
ReplyDeleteBlue, not green: St. Patrick’s color was “Saint Patrick’s blue,” a light shade. The color green only became associated with the day after it was linked to the Irish independence movement in the late 18th century.
Patrick was British: Although he made his mark by introducing Christianity to Ireland in the year 432, Patrick wasn’t Irish himself. He was born to Roman parents in Scotland or Wales in the late fourth century.
It might have been St. Maewyn’s Day: According to Irish legend, St. Patrick wasn’t originally called Patrick. His birth name was Maewyn Succat, but he changed his name to Patricius after becoming a priest.
About those shamrocks: According to Irish legend, the saint used the three-leafed plant as a metaphor for the Holy Trinity when he was first introducing Christianity to Ireland.
About that phrase: So what does “Erin go Bragh” mean? It’s a corruption of the Irish Éirinn go Brách, which roughly means “Ireland Forever.”
Since we’re talking history here, let’s acknowledge today, March 15, which is the Ides of March. (You might have heard the expression, “beware the Ides of March.”) This marks the day in 44 B.C. that conspirators led by Marcus Junius Brutus stabbed Julius Caesar to death before the Roman senate. This was a significant turning point in Roman history.
Thank-you for sharing that information, there's definitely a lot I still don't know about this holiday tradition.
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