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Do you celebrate Paddy's Day? Tell me what you do!

P: 3/16/2008 9:59:49 AM
Delster Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,062 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2007	So Paddy's Day in Ireland is always a wash-out. This year the parades etc are on today, while the big fireworks festival was last night. The official holiday and Church celebrations will still be tomorrow. Miraculously, it's actually not raining today. The paradegoers will be relieved!!! A typical Paddy's Day over here goes a bit like this. You wear green clothing, with fresh shamrock pinned to your lapel. In the morning you go to Mass. Dinner is around noon-ish, and is traditionally boiled bacon and cabbage, with the omnipresent potatoes (we do not eat corned beef, we don't even have it over here... we do have a meat product that we call corned beef, but it's not the same thing and you really don't wanna know!). After dinner you go out to the local parade which will consist of the local schools and voluntary organisations, a few marching céilí bands, and a heck of a lot of farming equipment. The parade is always led by someone dressed up as St Patrick, often a local celebrity or a schoolboy dragged reluctantly along by his mortified mother! After the parade a lot of people go straight to the pub and stay there until four or five in the morning. There are usually more public order offences on Paddy's night than any other night of the year. In my family the pub and the parades get bypassed to go and watch the GAA All-Ireland Club Championship Finals (one game each in gaelic football and hurling) on the TV. We're a bit GAA obsessed This year with the parades on today Paddy's Day will probably be quiet tomorrow. BF and I are thinking of going for a nice long drive together and maybe for a bit of a hike. I'm really looking forward to the quiet time together as he's been working an awful lot lately and I haven't seen as much of him as I'd like! I'll definitelly cook him some bacon and cabbage as it's his favourite meal - psssst, the secret is to boil the cabbage in with the bacon for extra flavour, yum! Do you celebrate Paddy's Day? What do you do? I'd love to hear about it!
Posted: 3/16/2008 9:59:49 AM

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P: 3/16/2008 12:32:21 PM
SanDiegoLady Ideal Rock Total Posts: 14,219 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 7/6/2005	How interesting to hear how its really done in Ireland!! I know the boys (and ladies) who came from the prison were looking to party all night. HA. I believe since they've been here, they've managed to hit every true irish pub we've got (they were dismantled in Ireland and moved piece by piece here to SD).
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:32:21 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:45:19 PM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	Probably nothing
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:45:19 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:47:30 PM
Delster Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,062 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2007	SDL that sounds like typical Irish abroad behaviour all right! LegacyGirl how about talking in an Oirish accent for the day? Begosh but to be shure t'would be moighty craic!
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:47:30 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:50:11 PM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	I've got the flu.... its all I can do to make it out of bed....
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:50:11 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:51:51 PM
Delster Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,062 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2007	Oh no, you poor thing! Well then there's only one thing for it - hot toddies!
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:51:51 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:51:53 PM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	I'll try to find this guy to hang out with http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=80875 I bet he's a leprecon just looking for his gold...
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:51:53 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:52:55 PM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	I've never had a hot toddie I wonder where I can get one around here.... I'm drinking tea now but that doesn't sound as fun
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:52:55 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:56:34 PM
Delster Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,062 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2007	Never mind leprechauns, you're poorly! You need Liam Neeson! Or Jonathan Rhys Myers! Or Colin Farrell! Or Pierse Brosnan! Bono! Cillian Murphy! Stuart Townsend! Take your pick
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:56:34 PM

P: 3/16/2008 12:58:34 PM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	Ok I'll take Johnny Depp.... oh wait.... he's not Irish can I still have him
Posted: 3/16/2008 12:58:34 PM

P: 3/16/2008 1:08:51 PM
Delster Ideal Rock Total Posts: 2,062 Last Post: 11/17/2009 Member Since: 4/22/2007	You can have whomever you like deary, when you're poorly! Personally I might go for one of the Tall, Dark and Ó'hAilpín brothers! Here's a tipple to get you going! And some instructions... Hot Whiskey
Posted: 3/16/2008 1:08:51 PM

P: 3/16/2008 1:27:11 PM
Skippy123 Ideal Rock Total Posts: 19,824 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/24/2006	I love to make corned beef and cabbage w/potatoes, wear green and invite family over for a delicious dinner; sometimes I serve lime sherbert for dessert. hehe I actually love corned beef and can only find it during this time of year; this year my hubby and parents are out of town so I might just look for a little piece of corned beef to eat. Delster, sounds like a blast out there Skippy "The only things that stand between a person and what they want in life are the will to try it, and the faith to believe it's possible" Rich Devos
Posted: 3/16/2008 1:27:11 PM

P: 3/16/2008 1:28:13 PM
LegacyGirl Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,757 Last Post: 1/15/2009 Member Since: 11/16/2007	Date: 3/16/2008 1:08:51 PM Author: Delster You can have whomever you like deary, when you're poorly! Personally I might go for one of the Tall, Dark and Ó'hAilpín brothers! Here's a tipple to get you going! And some instructions... Hot Whiskey Thanks! I'll have to try that!
Posted: 3/16/2008 1:28:13 PM

P: 3/16/2008 1:28:40 PM
*DiamondDana** Ideal Rock Total Posts: 6,168 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/21/2006	Other than wearing green, probably nothing . My great-grandparents are from Tipperary so I am of Irish decent, but we have kids now...before the kids, my DH and I would head out for a long night of bar hopping, but I cannot afford to be hungover with 3 small children...that would be torture! Not to mention, DH has to work in the evening and I have to work during the day...so we won't even get to see the parade. As for corned beef and cabbage, my DH and I love it, but the kids won't eat it so I am sure that I won't even do that! To all of you that are celebrating, have fun and be safe! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you judge people, you have no time to love them ~Mother Teresa
Posted: 3/16/2008 1:28:40 PM

P: 3/16/2008 3:12:45 PM
bee* Ideal Rock Total Posts: 11,103 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 5/14/2006	The parade is still on tomorrow in Dublin. And the big ceili is on at St Stephen's Green but I'm not sure if I'll head in or not. Might take Amber for a hike instead.
Posted: 3/16/2008 3:12:45 PM

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