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HEAVENS LITTLE "TATER BUG"
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ST PADDYS PAGE
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HAPPY ST.PATRICKS DAY
WE LOVE YOU TATER. AND MISS YOU SO MUCH WE THINK OF YOU ALL THE TIME. SO WE WISH YOU
A HAPPY ST PADDYS DAY.
LOVE MOMMY&DADDY "05"
GAVIN AND DADDY LOOK AT MY BIG BRIGHT EYES.
Five Little Shamrocks
One green shamrock, in the morning
dew;
Another one sprouted;
And then there were two.
Two green shamrocks, growing 'neath the tree,
Another one
sprouted;
And then there were three.
Three green shamrocks, by the cottage door,
Another one sprouted;
And then
there were four.
Four green shamrocks, near a beehive;
Another one sprouted;
And then there were five.
Five little
shamrocks, bright and emerald
Five little shamrocks, bright and emerald green,
Think of all the luck these shamrocks
will bring.
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SAINT PATRICK’S DAY
The Patron Saint of Ireland
Died in the Fifth Century
On the Seventeenth of March
Is
that Anniversary.
That day is during Lent
When the Irish celebrate
With dance and drink and feast
Of cabbage
and bacon they ate.
The first Patty’s Day Parade
Was held in New York City
In Seventeen sixty-two
By
Irish in the English Military.
Over the next thirty-five years
Immigration and "Irish Aid" grew
Where the Societies
held parades
As drums beat and the bagpipes blew.
Up until the Great Potato Famine
In Eighteen forty-five came
to pass
Most immigrants were Protestant
And came from the middle class.
But then to escape starvation
A million
poor Catholics came here
Despised by their counterparts
Because of ignorance and fear.
Though, they soon began
to organize
Saw their great numbers gave them power
And their voting block, the "green machine"
Became the swing
vote of the hour.
The Parades became a show of strength
Where candidates vied for their vote
Many attended New
York City’s
President Truman, one of note.
Now they celebrate around the World
To be part of the Irish
scene
Last year one million went to Dublin
For the wearing of the green.
Once just a religious occasion
Of
a barely known Holiday
But now, everyone is Irish
At least, for this one day.
Del "Abe" Jones
03-14-2005
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The person who was to become St. Patrick, the patron
saint of Ireland, was born in Wales about AD 385. His given name was Maewyn.
When he was 16, he was sold into slavery
to Ireland where he was a shepherd for 6 years. While in captivity he studied and turned to religion. He escaped slavery and
later returned to Ireland as a missionary, determined to convert Ireland to Christianity. He used the shamrock to explain
the Holy Trinity.
Patrick was quite successful at winning converts. And this fact upset the Celtic Druids. Patrick
was arrested several times, but escaped each time. He traveled throughout Ireland, establishing monasteries across the country.
He also set up schools and churches which would aid him in his conversion of the Irish country to Christianity.
His
mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. After that time, Patrick retired to County Down. He died on March 17 in AD 461.
That day has been commemorated as St. Patrick's Day ever since.
Much Irish folklore surrounds St. Patrick's Day. Not
much of it is actually substantiated. Some of this lore includes the belief that Patrick raised people from the dead. He also
is said to have given a sermon from a hilltop that drove all the snakes from Ireland. Though originally a Catholic holy day,
St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday.
One traditional symbol of the day is the shamrock. And
this stems from a more bona fide Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity.
He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of
the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.
The holiday, March 17th,
is marked by parades in cities across the United States. The largest of these, held since 1762, is in New York City, and draws
more than one million spectators each year. In Ireland, it is a religious holiday similar to Christmas and Easter.
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HAPPY ST.PATTY'S DAY BABY WE LOVE YOU.
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ST' PATTY'S DAY "2005"
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