the green beer, red-haired women smoking cigars and wearing green dresses will be celebrating in Savannah today. and probably a few other places as well.
My father had a bar ( The Homestead on Pleasant street) in Worcester Mass. Every year some guy would come in wearing orange. The Duke of Orange had done terrible things to the Irish. The guy wearing orange was looking for trouble at the bar and he would invariably find it with a fight.
So my father virtually tackled the guy wearing orange at the door and got him out of the bar before the fight broke out. If guys got hurt in a fight they invariably would not drink as much.
My heritage is 100% Irish and have always thoroughly enjoyed St. Paddy's day. I plan to keep up the tradition today.
I am caddy for my wife as I type. Grilling a steak tonight, seeing a play tomorrow then corn beef and cabbage on Sunday. Need to drop by a buddy's place later today to pick up a new toy.
Big kettle of Irish Stew on the stove right now for a party tonight. Soda bread, corned beef, a plenty of Irish beverages will be available, too. Imagine that!
It will be a grand time, as usual.
Slainte'
'Tis far better to walk alone than to follow a crowd going the wrong way.
my ancestors built a few generations in ireland after having been banished from scotland by the king of england.
while some folks still love irish potatoes, it's always been arsch potatoes to us country folks.
and btw, the british got a few round holes put into their red wool uniforms by some of my ancestors. fair play & all.
and on the subject of St. Paddy, some claim he was a slave from north africa, and shipped to england, then on-ward. maybe that's too controversial to discuss?
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