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Lemon Grinner Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 1:35 PM |
wendongotta wrote: i've always wondered, do English people celebrate st. patty's day, it being more Irish than English and all?
Coz we ain't allowed to celebrate St George's day without lookin like a racist hooligan! :P
And it's any old excuse to get pissed up. |
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Scottish Dubliner Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 2:19 PM |
Well, I'm off out to attempt to find a quiet pub, hah!!! I'm choking for another pint but can't be arsed with all the Paddywhackery, have fun I'll see y'all in a while.
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Moray Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 2:22 PM |
| St Paddy;s just appears to be an excuse to go out midweek for a beer. I've never understood why us Scots celebrate it more vigorously than our own St Andrews day. |
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dee Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 2:34 PM |
Helen *the original* wrote: Scottish Dubliner wrote: Ursina wrote: I thought St. Paddy's Day was moved to the 15th because of this week being holy ??? lol
Most places in the country moved it to Saturday, but Dublin has kept it today, probably to do with the tourism or something.
Seemingly you can't have Saint Patrick's Day on the same week as Easter, btw Does anyone know why Easter moves every year?? Jesus was always born on Christmas Day but he died on a different weekend every year ??? It's Fucked Up!!
Dubz
Someone told me this once, i think it's something to do with the phases of the moon, that determines where certain events like Easter lie. Meh i'm not complaining i get 3 extra days off :D
Happy Paddy's day everyone!
the date we celebrate easter and a lot of its traditions were just tacked onto pagan festivals that's why it still follows a very pagan lunar calendar.it happened all the time that christians tried to convert by making associations with what the pagan people already worshipped.
the whole thing about st.patrick and the snakes is a symbol of him ridding ireland of pagans btw. |
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goosey_84 Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 3:22 PM |
:) happy st. patrick's day from this end of the world!
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nats Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 4:27 PM |
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Monica Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 4:45 PM |
And of course, I'm wearing green :p |
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fenchurch Posted Mon 17 Mar, 2008 8:38 PM |
| My brother was marching in the parade in Cork today! :) |
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TheInvisibleBoy Posted Tue 18 Mar, 2008 1:54 AM |
| Hey, just got back from the pub about half an hour ago, had loadsa fun, high fived the whole band when they'd finished their set or irish songs, maybe because I thought the lady singer was good looking, or maybe not lol, but yeah then I got a free St Patrick's Day Guinness hat and I was a bit drunk on Guinness, suppose I still am and walked home listening to Travis and am now here watching live wrestling. So all in all it's been an ace day! And I'm not just using it as an excuse to get drunk I am somewhere between 1/2 and 3/4 Irish, seeing at though my Dad is Irish and 3 out of 4 of my Grandparents are Irish lol. Anyways hope everyone else had as ace a St Patrick's Day as I had! |
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Steph_canuck Posted Tue 18 Mar, 2008 3:04 AM |
| Im Drunk |
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ricv64 Posted Tue 18 Mar, 2008 3:45 AM |
| more snakes , less rats . |
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galletitabonita Posted Tue 18 Mar, 2008 4:25 AM |
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Hanne Posted Tue 18 Mar, 2008 5:53 AM |
Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after equinox (the day where day and night are exactly the same length). Sounds very pagan to me, but that's the rule!
From Wikipedia. |
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