I LOVE St. Patricks Day. I guess I am a fan of little holidays others forget. Valentines Day and St. Patricks Day are great holiday's I think! We always go to Irish Times Pub for St. Patricks Day. It is SOOOO fun there. The menu is limited, drinks flowing, freebies, and universal seating!
Let me tell you about Universal seating. You go in and they seat you whereever there is the number of seats you need, yes you are seated with strangers. The first year we experienced it was kinda wild. I was a little uncomfortable and didnt care for it much but then I realized "Hey, meeting new people is kinda fun!"
This year we were seated with an older Irish lady named Martha who brought an entire party store with her, hats, stickers, green food color, wigs, buttons, it was insane but she was sweet. Her daughter Shannon was with her and she was sweet. I think the man with them was their cousin. He was nice too. Then we all toasted because Martha wanted us too!! A few min. later an older man named Jim joined us. He was so funny. It was super fun.
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.(History Channel info).
Here's some Irish Blessing, sayings, etc:If a man who cannot count finds a four-leaf clover, is he lucky? ~Stanislaw J. Lec
Anyone acquainted with Ireland knows that the morning of St. Patrick's Day consists of the night of the seventeenth of March flavored strongly with the morning of the eighteenth. ~Author Unknown
May your blessings outnumber
The shamrocks that grow,
And may trouble avoid you
Wherever you go.
~Irish Blessing
So, success attend St. Patrick's fist,
For he's a saint so clever;
Oh! he gave the snakes and toads a twist,
And bothered them forever!
~Henry Bennett
Never iron a four-leaf clover, because you don't want to press your luck. ~Author Unknown
If you're enough lucky to be Irish, you're lucky enough! ~Irish Saying
A best friend is like a four leaf clover: hard to find and lucky to have. ~Author Unknown
May your pockets be heavy and your heart be light,
May good luck pursue you each morning and night.
~Irish Blessing
An Irishman is never drunk as long as he can hold onto one blade of grass to keep from falling off the earth. ~Irish Saying
Many an opportunity is lost because a man is out looking for four-leaf clovers. ~Author Unknown
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