Saint Patrick's Day, a fresh look.
Oh my, where to start -
His name wasn't Patrick.
He wasn't Irish, he was a Brit (A Romano-Brit, we are told, whatever that may be).
Somesay he might've been Welsh, but there aren't enough consonants, particulalry Ls in any of his alleged names for that.
He didn't drive the snakes out of Ireland.
Nobody knows when he was born, lived, or died.
It is alleged that the Druids prophesied his coming as follows:
Across the sea will come Adze-head, crazed in the head,
his cloak with hole for the head, his stick bent in the head.
He will chant impieties from a table in the front of his house;
all his people will answer: "so be it, so be it."
The Church, fwiw, invariably sided with the English/British against the Irish in all matters
Nobody in their right mind drinks green beer.
My dad, a staunch second generation Irish-American, correctly called it "Amateur Hour"
Éire go Brách
Image is alleged harp of Brian Boru
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A bit more watered down here (not the beer)
Grandad was second generation Irish
County Donegal from what I've gathered
where my seaman roots originated
5 brothers boarded boats headed for the colonies
looking to marry American brides
most settled in the Adirondacks
fiddlers all
Zionism is a social disease
Good morning QMS, interesting history "fiddlers all", heh.
Cork here, grandpa was a "wetback" under a false name, a person of greatest interest to the black and tans, I'm told.
Erin go Bragh
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Today is also the feast day of St. Gertrude of Nivelles
She was a crazy cat lady...
Gertrude of Nivelles
" In the beginning, the universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry, and is generally considered to have been a bad move. -- Douglas Adams, The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy "
Cool, thanks for the information.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
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Zionism is a social disease
Thanks.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
His memory is everywhere in Ireland
“Until justice rolls down like water and righteousness like a mighty stream.”
Amazing how something like that will stick. Have a good one.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
emerald coast
triple dip with green sprinkles
Zionism is a social disease
So, March 17th, 17 is not uninteresting (there is a proof for
that separate from anything below).
17 is the minimum number of clues necessary for solving a suduko, Proven by a guy named Gary McGuire, University College of Dublin - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlyTq-xVkQE
17 sided polygons (Heptadecagons) couldn't be constructed with ruler & compass until Gauss solved it and then derived therefrom generalized rules for what one can and cannot achieve with said method - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87uo2TPrsl8
as for 17 being an interesting number - that is contained within the general proof that there are no uninteresting numbers, which you can either work out or use your favorite search engine to find.
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --