Comments on: St. Patrick’s Day Reminds of Lack of Heritage http://www.tricia.me/2009/03/17/st-patricks-day-reminds-of-lack-of-heritage/ Affiliate Marketer, Blogger, and Consultant Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:14:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.2 By: southbeachannie http://www.tricia.me/2009/03/17/st-patricks-day-reminds-of-lack-of-heritage/comment-page-1/#comment-14 southbeachannie Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:16:34 +0000 http://www.tricia.me/?p=27#comment-14 Now wouldn't it be funny if I were more Irish than all the rest of you? My ancestors from the North West of Spain were Celtic and lived by one of the portals of Atlantis!! I went to Irish Catholic schools and understood brogue as a child. St Patrick was famous for spreading Christianity through a highly pagan Ireland. It is too bad, I think a lot of Irish magic was lost with that conversion. Now wouldn’t it be funny if I were more Irish than all the rest of you? My ancestors from the North West of Spain were Celtic and lived by one of the portals of Atlantis!! I went to Irish Catholic schools and understood brogue as a child.

St Patrick was famous for spreading Christianity through a highly pagan Ireland. It is too bad, I think a lot of Irish magic was lost with that conversion.

]]> By: Judi Moore http://www.tricia.me/2009/03/17/st-patricks-day-reminds-of-lack-of-heritage/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Judi Moore Tue, 17 Mar 2009 23:45:37 +0000 http://www.tricia.me/?p=27#comment-12 Dave has a good chunk of the Malarky in him - he was quite the red-headed Irishman when I met him. My parents always said we were Irish, but no one ever explained how and all my grandparents seemed to be German (great food!). I finally stopped and figured out how to make corned beef and cabbage for Dave because he loves it so, and we have green fluff at Thanksgiving for some strange reason no one can remember. So, what was my point? Can't remember. But even though we were so aware of today's significance, even said "Happy St Patty's Day" at breakfast, I still forgot to wear green and a little old lady came up to me at the grocery store and pinched me :) I was told once that the wearing of the green was just a tiny salute to the faeries and if you wore too much, they would fall in love with you and steal you away. So just a touch of the Irish for me! Dave has a good chunk of the Malarky in him – he was quite the red-headed Irishman when I met him. My parents always said we were Irish, but no one ever explained how and all my grandparents seemed to be German (great food!).

I finally stopped and figured out how to make corned beef and cabbage for Dave because he loves it so, and we have green fluff at Thanksgiving for some strange reason no one can remember.

So, what was my point? Can’t remember. But even though we were so aware of today’s significance, even said “Happy St Patty’s Day” at breakfast, I still forgot to wear green and a little old lady came up to me at the grocery store and pinched me :)

I was told once that the wearing of the green was just a tiny salute to the faeries and if you wore too much, they would fall in love with you and steal you away. So just a touch of the Irish for me!

]]> By: jgoode http://www.tricia.me/2009/03/17/st-patricks-day-reminds-of-lack-of-heritage/comment-page-1/#comment-11 jgoode Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:16:29 +0000 http://www.tricia.me/?p=27#comment-11 I wish I knew more about Irish heritage.. we're not green beer drinkers, so wearing green is the biggest part of our festiveness. However, Roaming the grocery store over the weekend I noticed an unusually high volume of fresh cabbage... made me stop and think I'd like to try a new dish - then I thought of sour crout which reminded me of kielbasa and i got hungry and side tracked. So what is green fluff? I think its wonderful you know some of your history and even if you can't all the time, it's nice to be able to embrace it even for a little while. I wish I knew more about Irish heritage.. we’re not green beer drinkers, so wearing green is the biggest part of our festiveness. However, Roaming the grocery store over the weekend I noticed an unusually high volume of fresh cabbage… made me stop and think I’d like to try a new dish – then I thought of sour crout which reminded me of kielbasa and i got hungry and side tracked. So what is green fluff?

I think its wonderful you know some of your history and even if you can’t all the time, it’s nice to be able to embrace it even for a little while.

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