Comments | sabrebabe: St. Urho's Day!

sabrebabe

St. Urho's Day!

Mar 16, 2015 15:54

Or, The wearing of the Purple! The day when St. Urho chased all the grasshoppers out of Finland. Finnish-American folks are so silly sometimes. Still, purple is cool with me ( Read more... )

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sabrebabe March 17 2015, 03:21:13 UTC

St. Urho, like Heikki Lunta, is a uniquely Finnish-American invention. So much so, that native Finns, "adopt" it when visiting their families in the US. I live in the larges Finnish settlements in the US. Native Finns come here every year to visit family, and they love to hear how Finnish was spoken 100 years ago.

BTW, I don't have any Finnish relatives, but I've been assimilated. :D

mundungus42 March 16 2015, 22:03:01 UTC

Thank you for teaching me a new saint and observance- I love it!!

Good luck preparing for MISTI!!

ex_logospil March 17 2015, 00:38:25 UTC

Can't wait to see your tiles at MISTI! :-)

chorus_of_chaos March 17 2015, 21:21:09 UTC

hey, by any chance are you selling that mead? I would love some really good mead. You ask about mead here and get the vacant look thing. What would you want for a bottle of it if you have extra?