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[QUOTE]Originally posted by The_Tom: [QB] *gives the Irish blood coursing through his brain a shake and tries to remember how much of St. Paddy's is real.* As far as Ireland is concerned, St Paddy's has always had a bit of a party mentality there as it has always been the only day in Lent in which the church there allows everyone to cheat, and hence they make up for the previous two or three weeks and drink in place of the the remaining weeks. But it's still officially a religious holiday (mass in the am), although given present church attendance figures in RoI these days, who knows how popular this aspect is... Once the Irish came to America and there was all sorts of nasty Anti-Catholic discrimantion and stuff, it became something of an "Irish Pride Day" with parades etc. to show Americans that the Irish weren't so drunk they couldn't walk down the street. The fact that afterwards they'd crowd into the pubs and get tanked to high heaven must've skipped the organizers minds. In any case, drinking to excess in the name of all things Irish is kosher. (now there's a mixed metaphor). But Green Beer and Parades and Leprechauns and "Kiss me I'm Irish at heart" and all that shit are American inventions I'm afraid (and very nice American inventions if you work in St. James' Gate, I might add.) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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