Happy St. Patricks Day!
March 17, 2010
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Posted by Dr. Disaster
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Tags: Funny, holiday, nightmare before christmas, st patricks day
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Tags: Funny, holiday, nightmare before christmas, st patricks day
I like these days. They are fun and hold no religious connection at all. Too bad that Swedes don’t takes note this day either…
WTF sweden? We Swiss celebrate St. Patricks day, well at least we drink loads of alcohol that day
Are you sure that most people didn’t just celebrate Wednesday?
hard to tell really
Wait, St. Patrick’s Day doesn’t have any religious connection?
Does the word “Saint” not have religious connection?
I mean, Saint Patrick was practically a saviour in Ireland, the legend goes that he drove all the snakes out of the land. So, technically, yes, it does have a Irish Catholic connection. While it is no longer considered a religious holiday, it still does have a deep religious connection for people with strong Irish Catholic families. *glares at grandmother currently visiting*
Yeah, but the Irish totally could have handled those snakes on their own. They’re the Irish, for God’s sake!
@faded Twilight
I stand corrected…
So there are no snakes in Ireland then?
Eh, I have no idea, it’s probably just a legend, or more of a metaphore than anything else.
Saint Patrick was an Englishman who got shanghai’d and taken from his home to Ireland to be a slave. He escaped and went back home to England, stayed there for a while, found God, yadda yadda yadda, became a missionary, went back to Ireland and convinced the king to kick all the druids out and go back to Christ.
Now what all that has to do with alcohol and snakes and whatnot I have no idea. I don’t even know what he’s the saint of actually. I’m not catholic, I just had a comprehensive detailed old world history book when I was a kid :/