Happy St. Maewyn’s Day, everybody!
DID YOU KNOW that according to Irish legend, St. Patrick’s birth name was really Maewyn Succat? Catchy, huh? Saint Patrick changed his name to Patricius after becoming a priest. If he were alive today, how many handles would he have on Twitter?
DID YOU KNOW that we should really wear BLUE on St. Patrick’s Day? His color of choice was a light shade of blue. Green didn’t become linked to the holiday until the Irish Independence day movement in the late 18th century.
DID YOU KNOW that St Patrick was British? His claim to fame came from introducing Christianity to Ireland in the year 432, but he wasn’t Irish. He was the son of Roman parents from Scotland or Wales.
Happy St. Maewyn’s Day, everybody!
DID YOU KNOW that according to Irish legend, St. Patrick’s birth name was really Maewyn Succat? Catchy, huh? Saint Patrick changed his name to Patricius after becoming a priest. If he were alive today, how many handles would he have on Twitter?
WHO CELEBRATES ST PATRICK”S DAY MORE SERIOUSLY? This is harder to quantify. Of course the Irish celebrate in a huge way by making it a national holiday. New Yorkers have a HUGE parade, one of the largest parades ever since the mid 1700s, but this parade to this day does not allow floats, cars, or other modern conveyances. But Chicago won’t be denied. They dump vivid green dye into the Chicago River, since 1962, and it takes 40 tons of dye.
DID YOU KNOW St. Patty’s was strictly a religious holiday in Ireland for most of the 20th century and the nation’s pubs were closed to celebrate? The one exception for alcohol was the national dog show held on the same day. In 1970, the day was made a national holiday and the beer flowed. Yes, that day, the holiday went to the dogs.
WHAT”S UP WITH THE SHAMROCKS? According to legend, the saint used the 3-leafed clover to describe the Holy Trinity. There’s nothing like a visual.
DID YOU KNOW St. Patrick was the Pied Piper of Snakes? The Irish might be full of blarney on this one. St. Patrick gets credit for driving all snakes out of Ireland, but scientists and fossil records claim Ireland has never been a refuge for snakes. It’s too damned cold and the surrounding seas make a natural barrier. Unless snakes come in on a plane, those slithering varmints are banished.
DID YOU KNOW THERE ARE NO FEMALE LEPRECHAUNS? Whaddup with that? In traditional Irish folk tales, there are no lady wee people, or snappy dressed little guys for that matter.
DID YOU KNOW that the phrase “Erin go Bragh” is NOT the correct pronunciation? It should be “Éirinn go Brách” which means “Ireland Forever.” So get it right, people.
Found @…https://killzoneblog.com/2016/03/who-is-maewyn-succat-why-should-we-care.html
Humorous Interludes by Ron Yarosh 
Your HORROR – scope for the week of: March 16th, 2014
This week the world will celebrate St. Patrick’s Day.
It’s the day when everyone becomes Irish.
The staff at your Horror-scope is green with envy over all those Irish folks out there.
We will have the traditional celebration with green beer, pickles and Irish soda bread.
The celestial sphere is in tune as well, predicting events in line with the holiday.
You can bet your brogue that you will survive this week and be the better for it.
Enjoy…
Aries… Venus is rising now but will be reclining later in the week. You will awaken to find yourself a large, green float in a St. Patrick’s Day Parade.
Taurus… The Earth is in perigee now but wishes it was in apogee. You will be conned by a leprechaun from Connecticut.
Gemini… Mars is on the cusp of Gemini now. You will have a colorful St. Patrick’s Day when you fall into a vat of green beer.
Cancer… Mercury is square with Cancer at the moment. You will awaken to find yourself in a kettle of Irish stew with nothing to do.
Leo… Neptune is tuning up for a St. Patrick’s Day party. You will soon pay a fortune for a moon rock then realize later that it’s a sham rock.
Virgo… Pluto is sniffing around for a shamrock. You will awaken to find yourself surrounded by the snakes St. Patrick drove out of Ireland.
Libra… Saturn is descending to new lows now. You will catch mononucleosis after kissing the Blarney Stone or Dennis Miller. It could go either way.
Scorpio… Uranus is approaching trine with Scorpio. You will awaken to find yourself smoking pot at the end of a rainbow.
Sagittarius… The sun is exceptionally quiet at the moment considering it has a gas problem. You will be given a sheleighly by Donna Shalala.
Capricorn… Saturn is in its seventh house getting ready for a St. Patrick’s Day party. You will lose a gem stone on the Emerald Isle while singing to someone named Pyle.
Aquarius… Uranus is in its ecliptic at the moment and is enjoying it immensely. You will awaken to find yourself engaged in a Gaelic conversation with an Irish wolfhound.
Pisces… The moon is full of itself at the moment. Your enemies are out to decaffeinate you to make Irish coffee for a St. Patrick’s Day party.
And remember what Weird Al says about astrology in his song, “Your Horoscope For Today”:
“Now you may find it inconceivable or at the very least a bit unlikely that the relative position of the planets and the stars could have a special deep significance or meaning that exclusively applies to only you, but let me give you my assurance that these forecasts and predictions are all based on solid, scientific, documented evidence, so you would have to be some kind of moron not to realize that every single one of them is absolutely true.”
© 2013 Ronald J. Yarosh
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