Shamrock is a kind of clover and Saint Patrick is said to have used it's three leaves to represent the Holy Trinity.
Saint Patrick is said to have been born in Wales and was brought over here when he was a slave. On his release from captivity he led people to Christianity in 🇮🇪.
Saint Patrick's Day is on the seventeenth and it's the second public holiday of the year.
Saint Patrick's Day is the day he died. I didn't know that until recently did you. He died in 461.
When my heel is full recovered I am going to start hill walking again and get in practice to walk up/ climb Croagh Patrick some time this year. That's the idea anyway.
I will do some more Irish themed posts this week. Maybe a bit of Thin Lizzy? I saw them at Manchester Apollo in 1981 when I was only 17. Now I am 61 and I still love them and play their tracks every week on good old YouTube.
6 euros for a pot of shamrock?? Blimey!
ReplyDeleteI think I'll go out in the garden and dig up some of the clover in the lawn and see how much I get for it.
My schoolfriend Shirley was a great fan of Thin Lizzy and had a crush on Phil Lynott. I did like Whiskey in the Jar... a brilliant track.
I know JayCee. Whiskey In The Jar is one of my favourite. I have seen Eric Bell (Thin Lizzy guitarist) play the track twice in The Mariner pub in Bantry.
ReplyDeleteThin Lizzy is a great band, I love their music. My Welsh hubby told me St Patrick was born in Wales. Paint is expensive we get big tins and often re-decorate the same colours, we don't have wallpaper here, I prefer painted walls.
ReplyDeleteI don't like whiskey in a jar. I much prefer it in a stubby little whiskey glass with "Powers" printed on the side. As for St Patrick, there's far more evidence that Robin Hood existed in real life.
ReplyDeleteBushmills and Jameson's are my two favourite Irish whiskeys. Dawlish my favourite Scottish whisky.
DeleteIf Typhoo put the "T" in Britain, who put the "e" in whiskey?
DeleteEgans perhaps?
Delete6 euros is obviously lucky for someone. Enjoy your painting - it isn't my favorite past time. Didn't the lad Padraig do well for himself!
ReplyDeleteWhat did he say when he drove the snakes out of Ireland? "Are ye alright in the back lads?"
DeleteI recently got a shock at the price of paint. It never used to be so expensive.
ReplyDeleteAnd I never knew St Patrick was born in Wales.
It's very expensive Jules. Apparently he was a Roman slave and born in Wales and brought over to Ireland.
ReplyDeleteI think we have shamrock growing in the garden in the winter. Smothering it in fact. I'll put a photo n my blog
ReplyDeleteIt will be good to see Linda. Thanks.
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