Comments on: How to Honor St. Patrick Without Getting Smashed http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938 Tue, 23 Apr 2013 04:57:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: Bret http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78925 Bret Wed, 18 Mar 2009 05:19:49 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78925 lamonte, That song will be sung at my funeral, with bagpipes and everything:) lamonte,

That song will be sung at my funeral, with bagpipes and everything:)

]]> By: CJ Douglass http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78920 CJ Douglass Wed, 18 Mar 2009 03:17:43 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78920 Steven EM, I actually love the image of 8th century Irish raising a glass at a feast of celebration. Even today, I don't look at non-LDS celebrations (with booze) with the evil eye. Its just that so many today have NO idea why we even celebrate the man and his warrior children. The drunk college kids on the train home today were all I could take. Steven EM,

I actually love the image of 8th century Irish raising a glass at a feast of celebration. Even today, I don’t look at non-LDS celebrations (with booze) with the evil eye.

Its just that so many today have NO idea why we even celebrate the man and his warrior children. The drunk college kids on the train home today were all I could take.

]]> By: Steve EM http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78914 Steve EM Wed, 18 Mar 2009 02:19:38 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78914 But just like during the Holidays, the WofW doesn’t apply on St. Paddy’s Day. Now all you Mormon boys and girls, have a green Guinness on me. But just like during the Holidays, the WofW doesn’t apply on St. Paddy’s Day. Now all you Mormon boys and girls, have a green Guinness on me.

]]> By: lamonte http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78899 lamonte Tue, 17 Mar 2009 22:50:21 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78899 "...raise a parting glass..." Nice, Bret. Love those Irish singers. “…raise a parting glass…” Nice, Bret. Love those Irish singers.

]]> By: Bret http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78894 Bret Tue, 17 Mar 2009 20:49:37 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78894 Don't worry Cheryl, St. Patrick was Romano-British, not Irish:) Also, the Scotti were originally from Ireland (hence the shared Celtic/Gaelic culture and language) and settled on the west coast of Scotland in the 7th and 8th centuries where they established the Kingdom of Dal Riata before it absolved into the Kingdom of Alba and the modern Kingdom of Scotland prior to the Wars of Scottish Independence of Braveheart fame:) Thank you CJ. It is unfortunate whenever drugs get involved in cultural celebrations. Looking through the spiritual is probably the way St. Patrick would've wanted us to celebrate his feast day, I'm sure. I'd only raise a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XhJp0W0ku2w" rel="nofollow">parting glass</a> to him before the day ended. Don’t worry Cheryl, St. Patrick was Romano-British, not Irish:) Also, the Scotti were originally from Ireland (hence the shared Celtic/Gaelic culture and language) and settled on the west coast of Scotland in the 7th and 8th centuries where they established the Kingdom of Dal Riata before it absolved into the Kingdom of Alba and the modern Kingdom of Scotland prior to the Wars of Scottish Independence of Braveheart fame:)

Thank you CJ. It is unfortunate whenever drugs get involved in cultural celebrations. Looking through the spiritual is probably the way St. Patrick would’ve wanted us to celebrate his feast day, I’m sure. I’d only raise a parting glass to him before the day ended.

]]> By: lamonte http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78884 lamonte Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:52:37 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78884 CJ - Nice job. As a decendent of neighboring Wales (although a Welsh friend says I look Scottish) I feel the same sense of advocacy "for the weak and lowly" and sometimes like to count myself among them. But then I realize how blessed my life is and although my spirit is sometimes weak I know my existance is anything but that, compared to so many. Thanks for sharing this positive essay on a hero of the common man. If I were a drinking man I too would raise a pint in toasting his life. CJ – Nice job. As a decendent of neighboring Wales (although a Welsh friend says I look Scottish) I feel the same sense of advocacy “for the weak and lowly” and sometimes like to count myself among them. But then I realize how blessed my life is and although my spirit is sometimes weak I know my existance is anything but that, compared to so many. Thanks for sharing this positive essay on a hero of the common man. If I were a drinking man I too would raise a pint in toasting his life.

]]> By: cheryl http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78869 cheryl Tue, 17 Mar 2009 14:01:08 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78869 Now I wish I was Irish (and not just Scottish and English)! I knew very little about St. Patrick, so thank you. Now I wish I was Irish (and not just Scottish and English)!
I knew very little about St. Patrick, so thank you.

]]> By: MCQ http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938&cpage=1#comment-78854 MCQ Tue, 17 Mar 2009 06:17:01 +0000 http://www.nine-moons.com/?p=938#comment-78854 Beautiful, CJ. Just what I needed right now. As a person of Irish descent, I thank you and my ancestors thank you. Erin Go Bragh. Beautiful, CJ. Just what I needed right now. As a person of Irish descent, I thank you and my ancestors thank you. Erin Go Bragh.

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