St Patrick's Day
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I never realised just how big of a day St Patrick's is over there until my old flatmate (american) moved in. He was shocked that basically nothing happened in London/UK
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The Brits aren't big fans of St Patrick and anything Irish.
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Its just a big drunken holiday in the USA whether you are Irish or not.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
I never realised just how big of a day St Patrick's is over there until my old flatmate (american) moved in. He was shocked that basically nothing happened in London/UK
I never realised just how big of a day St Patrick's is over there until my old flatmate (american) moved in. He was shocked that basically nothing happened in London/UK
Well, the Irish Diaspora to America is a big reason for this. That, plus, quite frankly, the Irish are just more fun than the English and perhaps even the Scottish. (this coming from a person whose mother was born in Ireland, raised in England, but moved to America as a war bride)
Perhaps those of English descent here in America should make a bigger deal of St. George's Day, apparently April 23d
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge.html
And since there are as many Scots in America as Irish, I am not sure why St. Andrew's day is not celebrated more. It is November 30th. Perhaps too soon after Thanksgiving and too close to Christmas. But there ought to be some celebrations where the drinking of Scotch Whiskey would be in vogue, no?
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I never realised just how big of a day St Patrick's is over there until my old flatmate (american) moved in. He was shocked that basically nothing happened in London/UK
Well, the Irish Diaspora to America is a big reason for this. That, plus, quite frankly, the Irish are just more fun than the English and perhaps even the Scottish. (this coming from a person whose mother was born in Ireland, raised in England, but moved to America as a war bride)
Perhaps those of English descent here in America should make a bigger deal of St. George's Day, apparently April 23d
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge.html
And since there are as many Scots in America as Irish, I am not sure why St. Andrew's day is not celebrated more. It is November 30th. Perhaps too soon after Thanksgiving and too close to Christmas. But there ought to be some celebrations where the drinking of Scotch Whiskey would be in vogue, no?
Well, the Irish Diaspora to America is a big reason for this. That, plus, quite frankly, the Irish are just more fun than the English and perhaps even the Scottish. (this coming from a person whose mother was born in Ireland, raised in England, but moved to America as a war bride)
Perhaps those of English descent here in America should make a bigger deal of St. George's Day, apparently April 23d
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/stgeorge.html
And since there are as many Scots in America as Irish, I am not sure why St. Andrew's day is not celebrated more. It is November 30th. Perhaps too soon after Thanksgiving and too close to Christmas. But there ought to be some celebrations where the drinking of Scotch Whiskey would be in vogue, no?
As a retired firefighter, we celebrate St. Florian's day everyday with a toast or two!
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Its just a big drunken holiday in the USA whether you are Irish or not.
Its just a big drunken holiday in the USA whether you are Irish or not.
Yeah, St. Patrick is turning over in his grave seeing his Feast Day turned into one big drunkfest.
I think the big partying started because back when Catholic restrictions in Lent were way stricter than they are now- and drinking was allowed on March 17th. Whoopee!!! Pass the Harp, Guinness, and Irish whiskey.
Oh, it's a National Holiday in Ireland.
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Its just a big drunken holiday in the USA whether you are Irish or not.
Yeah, St. Patrick is turning over in his grave seeing his Feast Day turned into one big drunkfest.
I think the big partying started because back when Catholic restrictions in Lent were way stricter than they are now- and drinking was allowed on March 17th. Whoopee!!! Pass the Harp, Guinness, and Irish whiskey.
Oh, it's a National Holiday in Ireland.
Yeah, St. Patrick is turning over in his grave seeing his Feast Day turned into one big drunkfest.
I think the big partying started because back when Catholic restrictions in Lent were way stricter than they are now- and drinking was allowed on March 17th. Whoopee!!! Pass the Harp, Guinness, and Irish whiskey.
Oh, it's a National Holiday in Ireland.
In Ireland, they go to church on St. Patrick's day. Then they do have a "feast". Lots of good food primarily. It is celebrated more like we celebrate Thanksgiving here. Though I am sure, even there, unless perhaps it falls on a Sunday, they do their share of drinking. They do their share of drinking everyday there, so St. Pats day in not really any different. But, check this out: the Irish don't match up to most Eastern European countries when it come to the consumption of booze. (and of course Muslim countries don't drink...to bad for them.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
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Yeah, St. Patrick is turning over in his grave seeing his Feast Day turned into one big drunkfest.
I think the big partying started because back when Catholic restrictions in Lent were way stricter than they are now- and drinking was allowed on March 17th. Whoopee!!! Pass the Harp, Guinness, and Irish whiskey.
Oh, it's a National Holiday in Ireland.
In Ireland, they go to church on St. Patrick's day. Then they do have a "feast". Lots of good food primarily. It is celebrated more like we celebrate Thanksgiving here. Though I am sure, even there, unless perhaps it falls on a Sunday, they do their share of drinking. They do their share of drinking everyday there, so St. Pats day in not really any different. But, check this out: the Irish don't match up to most Eastern European countries when it come to the consumption of booze. (and of course Muslim countries don't drink...to bad for them.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
In Ireland, they go to church on St. Patrick's day. Then they do have a "feast". Lots of good food primarily. It is celebrated more like we celebrate Thanksgiving here. Though I am sure, even there, unless perhaps it falls on a Sunday, they do their share of drinking. They do their share of drinking everyday there, so St. Pats day in not really any different. But, check this out: the Irish don't match up to most Eastern European countries when it come to the consumption of booze. (and of course Muslim countries don't drink...to bad for them.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
I'd like to know how they get their statistics. Germans are some beer drinkers.
"You planning on having a long relationship with that glass or are you going to drink it? Drink up, man. Maybe we can get another.” - Janis Joplin, 1970. -
I wonder if there's an Irish rootbeer....?
The place I work at distibutes Sprecher Hard Rootbeer. It has 5% alcohol and it tastes just like sweet rootbeer, I don;t think it's Irish but I have tasted it and it's pretty good, if you like rootbeer https://www.sprecherbrewery.com/hrb.php
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many of us Irish aren't too fond of the Brits, for good reason. They've been sticking it up the Irish ass for the pass 800 years. hundreds of thousands of Irish deaths are directly related to England's history of mistreatment. Most of us Irish will carry that grudge to our graves.
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In Ireland, they go to church on St. Patrick's day. Then they do have a "feast". Lots of good food primarily. It is celebrated more like we celebrate Thanksgiving here. Though I am sure, even there, unless perhaps it falls on a Sunday, they do their share of drinking. They do their share of drinking everyday there, so St. Pats day in not really any different. But, check this out: the Irish don't match up to most Eastern European countries when it come to the consumption of booze. (and of course Muslim countries don't drink...to bad for them.)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_alcohol_consumption
I'd like to know how they get their statistics. Germans are some beer drinkers.
I'd like to know how they get their statistics. Germans are some beer drinkers.
Germans are fine drinkers, no doubts. But the eastern europeans drink home-made vodka like it's water! Interesting to see South Korea up there - I didn't get the impression of much boozing while there. But then, wherever I went for dinner they basically gave is this sake variant, sometimes so 'unrefined' that it still had bits of rice in, which of course soaked up all the alcohol and acted like those tequila worms. Potent stuff.
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What's the difference between Martin Luther King Day and St Patrick's Day?
On St Patrick's Day everybody wants to be Irish!
WSS
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Sprecher ? I'll try it. Sounds like an Irish Rootbeer Wine Cooler.
Cool. Mebee I could mix it with some Guinness.
You know, THAT sounds like a good "Don't worry about
the Browns 2014 NFL draft" tonic.
Good for what AILS Browns fans. I'll let you all know how well it works...
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