Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Things Not To Do On St. Patrick's Day1. Drink green beer or, for that matter, green anything.
2. Don't pretend your Irish when your really Dutch. (Why Dutch? I don't know.)
3. Go around saying, "Kiss Me I'm Irish."
4. Eat corned beef, unless, you really dolike it.
Thing You Really Should Do On St. Patrick's Day (or right after)
1. Thank God for St. Patrick. He really did some important things. (There is no support for the idea that he chased all the snakes out of Ireland but he did bring the Gospel and teach people to read. In addition he worked to end slavery and all kinds of other sub-Christian practices.)
2. Listen to the Chieftians. (Their music is infectious.)
3. Read, How The Irish Saved Civilization, by Thomas Cahill. It's a great read on how the Gospel was preserved, written down, and shared once again with a world that had largely left it behind.
4. Watch the Veggie Tales version of the St. Patrick story. Minus the talking vegetables and the funny references to pop culture they actually get his story right.
posted by The Wheatland Mission @ 4:33 PM
3 Comments:
Problem regarding issue #4, Para 1:
What happens to the Irish Catholic lad who actually likes corned-beef hash, but gave up red meat for lent?
Poor laddy, No hash on St. Paddy???
Or how about Corned-Fish Hash. :P *It just tastes better* (Why haven't the Stevens' thought of that?)
I cannot confirm this. But, I have heard, that several years ago the Pope said it was OK for Irish to eat their corned beef when St. Patrick's Day fell on a Friday.
Just a thought.
What if your Irish and Swiss?????
(One advantage is that you can settle your own fights!) smile
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