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Saint Patrick's Day on March 17 - who honours this day?

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Saint Patrick's Day on March 17 - who honours this day?

  1. I have Irish connections

  2. I have no Irish connections

  3. I honour March 17

  4. I do not honour March 17

  5. I may have a Guinnes that day

  6. I may have an Irish whisky that day

  7. I may wear something green that day

  8. other

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  1. Lindis

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    Saint Patrick's Day on March 17

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Day

    Saint Patrick's Day on March 17 - who honours this day?
     
    Lindis, Mar 11, 2022
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    Surely some here will have Irish connections? :)
     
    Lindis, Mar 11, 2022
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    Munich 2018
     
    Lindis, Mar 11, 2022
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    In Dublin
     
    Lindis, Mar 11, 2022
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    As it seems a German is the only one who is interested in Saint Patrick's Day.
     
    Lindis, Mar 12, 2022
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    I'm Scot but have Irish relatives. I have an Irish gf and we celebrate the day by painting ourselves green and sharing a quart of Dead Rabbit Irish Whisky. We've planned to celebrate an ancient Celtic love ritual for some time but have never seemed to get beyond the Dead Rabbits somehow.
     
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    The Rune of Saint Patrick
    https://www.englishclub.com/reading/cr-rune-patrick.htm
     
    Lindis, Mar 12, 2022
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    2 now say:

    I may wear something green that day
     
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    I have a tradition with modifications each year. This year, the plan is to make Shepherd's pie while listening to the Clancy Brothers and Tommy Makem, who I saw in concert once.

    Maybe watch The Quiet Man.

    Definitely a couple of Guinness
     
    Curious Always, Mar 12, 2022
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    I don't know what honor of this day means. A friend of mine has a St Patrick's Day party is he has some Irish ancestry but I don't know if I have Irish ancestry so it doesn't really matter to me. It's just a fun time to get together and have a drink or two with some friends
     
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    Patrick brought Catholicism to Ireland. For them, he's a BFD.
     
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    Whatever you want it to mean.
     
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    So it was in the year 2018 in Karlsruhe - and I was there.
     
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    Do you also know Saint Urho?



    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Urho
     
    Lindis, Mar 13, 2022
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    My friend was Irish heritage doesn't really do anything that's Irish he's also not Catholic he's also part German so he's Lutheran.

    Seems like it's just a good excuse to get together and drink which is perfectly legitimate.
     
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    Polydectes, Mar 13, 2022
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    Why would you honor a day and not St Patrick?
     
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    Your question is senseless and hair-splitting.

    Please go away.
     
    Lindis, Mar 13, 2022
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    "So he is Lutheran"
    ?
    Do you think all Germans are automatically Lutheran?
     
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    Uh, It's St. Patrick's DAY. This is pretty easy stuff./\
     
    Curious Always, Mar 13, 2022
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    So the difference between March 17th 2022 and St Patrick is minimal I disagree one's a human in the other is a day the difference is greater than night and day.
     
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    Idiotic question.
     
    Polydectes, Mar 13, 2022
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    St Patrick's Day is about shamrock hats and green beer and public intoxication it doesn't seem to be about Saint Patrick
     
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    Probably true for the non Irish. So what?

    I assure you that more people shower people with presents than go to church on Christmas Day. Some do both.
     
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    Irish people as well.
    Okay.
     
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    Today is the day .....
     
    Lindis, Mar 17, 2022
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