06 Mar 2008, 6:06 am / In Love
I see that a lot of people(in my area especially) are aready getting all pumped up and excited bout March 17th... (St. Patrick's Day)..... Even all the damn stores are goin NUTS with the friggin merchandise. I mean I'm not really complaining.... I love Irish stuff.. Green is my favorite color and I'm bout 83% (or more) Irish so this' a special thing to me (plus I am a lil bit of an alkie lol)... But did any of you know that the first St. Patrick's Day parade wasn't even in Ireland but in the U.S... and it was only for the Irish people serving in the English military? They supposedly wanted to reconnect with their roots since they were so far from home. Actually drinking used to be outlawed in Ireland on this day.. Pubs were closed and everything. And I know you've probably all at least HEARD of the 'Blarney Stone' ..and the joke that Irish men/women piss on it.. so don't kiss it when you go to see it... right? Well that's true... but does anyone even know the legend behind the Blarney Stone?? An old woman cast a spell on a stone in the wall of the Blarney Castle Tower. It was as a reward for the king for saving her from drowning.. and when the king kissed the stone it gave him the ability to speak convincingly (meaning he got whatever the fuck he desired heh). But don't think it's easy to get to either.... you actually have to lie on your back, while holdin bars.. and bend backwards.. or hold the bars and try to bend down far enough. It's complicated. ANNNND... did you know that St. Patrick wasn't even BORN in Ireland.. he was born in Britain and captured and kinda enslaved by Irish raiders err whatever and just became a patron saint of Ireland after becoming a devout Christian out of fear (supposedly the religion was all he felt he could turn to). Also, out of everyone I've asked bout it.. no one seems to even know that it is the anniversary of his DEATH that we celebrate every year. Ugh.. c'mon PEOPLE! know why you're gettin shit faced and partying like a mad man/woman!! And here comes the BIG SHOCKER! Green is a HATED color in Ireland... it is the main color of the old flag from when they were not free people. The U.S. just adopted it for this celebration thingy cuz of it bein the color of clovers ..actually I'm guessing on that one... cuz even Irelands Leprechauns don't wear green.. it's mostly browns and golds. WHICH BRINGS ME TOO: Leprechauns... they are FAIRIES.. more specifically lil old men that make shoes for the fairies, but still considered fairies themselves. They say you can find them by following the sound of their lil hammers as they make the shoes. And they only get bout 2 - 2&1/2 feet tall... so they're like dwarfs.. not midgets lol. Now.. what next what next... OH 'corned beef and cabbage'... heard of it? well it's rubbish... at least the corned beef part is. It'd be more like Irish Stew or bacon/ham and cabbage. Mmk.. now I shall leave you with a few lil jokes my mother used to tell me when she was 1st telling me bout my heritage and stuff.. *ahem* --What do you call an Irish Man that knows how to control his wife? a bachelor --Definition of an Irish Husband: he hasn't kissed his wife in 20 years but he'll kill any man that does --"Courtship" is when a girl decides whether she can do better or not! so yea.. anyway *holds up glass for a toast* Here's to absent friends and here's twice to absent enemies *chugs* ahhhh... mmk.. bye bye now lads and lasses AND REMEMBER! When St. Patrick's Day arrives and you're wasted and someone tries to throw some drama your way... fuck em up all you can... but let your anger set the sun and not rise again with it..... it's bad luck...
--Raven the FoxX
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