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95wictorwictor2

personal.log.record.4

Mar 12, 2010 15:12

Everyone keeps talking about the holiday "Saint Patrick's Day." I remember the cadets at the academy would celebrate it by wearing green and consuming unhealthy amounts of alcohol. I took the liberty of looking up the history behind the holiday and I have found that it is of Irish origins. Or so it claims to be. It has all been plagiarized from ( Read more... )

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helmsman_hikaru March 13 2010, 00:14:01 UTC

So why did the Russians wear green...?

95wictorwictor2 March 13 2010, 00:19:09 UTC

I never mentioned such a thing. That is the only silly part of this "Saint Patrick's Day" I do not get.

helmsman_hikaru March 13 2010, 03:30:30 UTC

What about leprechauns?

95wictorwictor2 March 13 2010, 03:32:05 UTC

Leprechauns? What is that?

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rockhammerman March 13 2010, 02:18:49 UTC

I think it's safe to say that EVERYONE has their drinking holidays.

95wictorwictor2 March 13 2010, 03:32:56 UTC

Hmmm. Perhaps.

rockhammerman March 13 2010, 04:00:18 UTC

Well, the Irish did and Americans had the 4th of July, plus Australians drank all the time in the 20th Century! I'm allergic to alcohol though so I can't drink.

lt_mcgivers March 13 2010, 05:59:43 UTC

Actually, Mr. Chekov, St. Patrick's Day did originate in Ireland. It originated as a religious holiday dedicated to St. Patrick, a Catholic saint who "drove the snakes" from Ireland - or, to put it in less metaphorical terms, converted Ireland's pagans to Catholicism.

I could show you in the archives, if you're interested.