The Story Of St. Patrick's Day

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Mysteria

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0 posted 2002-03-16 03:57 AM

       ~ The Story Of St. Patrick's Day ~

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Touch this link to play...IRISH JIG
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Now the story goes, a lad named Patrick
Was born on the 17th of March.
His Mother looked at both his feet,
then cried, "Begorra, he has no arch!"
~
“How will he ever be able to do a jig
with flat feet my poor, wee son?
Now every year on "O'Reilly's Day",
he’ll miss out on the jigging fun!”
~
As years went by Patrick grew,
to be quite the handsome man,
as a matter of fact he was,
the most handsome man in the clan.
~
But every single "O'Reilly's Day",
he’d hid amongst the shamrocks green,
while others did the Irish jig,
Patrick was just no where to be seen.
~
He would take off his buckled shoes,
and stare at his two, big, flat feet,
Oh how he wished he could do the jig,
Up and down Killarney’s street.
~
One year he’d had enough of this,
and stomped down to the town square.
He started jigging, flat feet and all,
this time he simply didn't care.
~
He started doing a real fancy jig,
and much to everyone's surprise,
he was jigging with the best of them,
Well, no one could believe their eyes!



The people began to cheer for Patrick,
“we’ll change it from O'Reilly to Patrick’s day!”
Well I might have kissed the blarney stone a little,
To send this silly, little greeting your way.



The four leaves of the four-leaf clover represent
hope, love, faith and luck.  May you find one and the luck of the Irish rub off on you!


Here is an excellent site to share with your family
for some St. Patrick's Day fun:
http://home.iprimus.com.au/uditl/index.html

Mysteria re-done 03/2002

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Elizabeth Santos
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1 posted 2002-03-16 04:04 AM

THIS IS TERRIFIC!
What a great ST patrick's day poem!
Makes me want to do the jig
THank you for the story and the little Irish dancing men. How cute!
A great way to start the day
Liz

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2 posted 2002-03-16 07:37 AM

Now you've got my foot tapping...wait! wait! There goes the other one....carrying me away from the 'puter....oh, how clever, my feet are carrying me away from the site....you wanted it all yourself....

n o t

f a i rr..........

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Seymour Tabin
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3 posted 2002-03-16 08:13 AM

Mysteria,
Simply wonderful.

Gentle Spirit
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4 posted 2002-03-16 10:25 AM

Mysteria, Hugs...

this is beautiful....Thank you.

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(I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance~Garth)

Enchantress
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5 posted 2002-03-16 12:17 PM

Ah Sharon you have my feet a tappin now!
Fun read this day before the green beer flows! Hugs!

Mistletoe Angel

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6 posted 2002-03-16 12:55 PM

YAY!!! GO PATRICK, AND GO SHARON!!! (smiles) This is a beautiful celebration and historical view of this delightful merrymaking holiday, sweet friend, and those who doth hath no green will bow before St. Patrick and his pinching clan! (giggles in delight) We all love you so much, sweet friend, this is wonderful! You have such a beautiful heart, sweet Sharon, thank you for sharing!

May love and light always shine upon you!

Love,
Noah Eaton

suthern

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7 posted 2002-03-16 01:14 PM

This is wonderful, Mysteria. *S* My ancestry may be Scot, Native American, and hodgepodge... but tomorrow, everyone is Irish. *G*

Mysteria

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8 posted 2002-03-16 01:54 PM

Thanks everyone - trying growing up as me, one side Irish, one Scottish - I was forever changing kilts to please both sides, but learned both types of dancing which was the good thing! I think we should all run out and buy at least one lottery ticket today and give it away if we win, what do you say?

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9 posted 2002-03-16 04:49 PM

Is that what Will Smith was saying when he was "Gettin Jiggy with it??"
This was fun, and I love the happy tune.
Cheers.
Sandra

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10 posted 2002-03-16 06:12 PM

Oh Mysteria this was so much fun. I had so much fun reading this and I love the jig. floria

Floria

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But die with all their music in them"
(Oliver Wendell Holmes)

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11 posted 2002-03-16 06:12 PM

LOL! There's a saint somewhere that may disagree with your version of the origin but I like yours best!!

The shamrock, which comes from the Gaelic word seamrog, meaning three-leaved, was used by St. Patrick to illustrate a point. When he was preaching to the Irish people about "Three Gods and yet One.." he picked up a shamrock as a visual explanation and said, "Do you not see how in this wild flower three leaves are united on one stalk and will you not then believe that there are indeed three Persons and yet one God?" Anyway, forgive my small bit of trivia...

Your poem is FUN!!!

Munda
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12 posted 2002-03-16 06:52 PM

Does that mean there's hope for me with these feet? Great fun poem!

Greeneyes

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13 posted 2002-03-17 12:58 PM

Sharon~

this is just wonderful!!

Lauren~

Greeneyes~

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enter my soul,
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Honeybee
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14 posted 2002-03-17 01:04 AM

Well, on both of my parent's sides there's a lot of irish...
What a cute poem! You've got my feet tapping and these irish eyes a-smiling

Take care and happy St. Patty's Day, Sharon!

Melissa~

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it is a song that rises from a bleeding
wound...or a smiling mouth"

~Kahlil Gibran~

Tracey
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15 posted 2002-03-17 01:06 AM

This is so cute Sharon. And may the luck o’ the Irish rub off on you too. (if not, I’ll at least have a beer for you tomorrow!!! Lol)

If she who dies with the most toys wins, then can I have some toy boys please?

Midnight Writer
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16 posted 2002-03-17 02:41 AM

Well this is as cute as it can be! You never fail to tell a good tale!

XXX Cat XXX

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Mysteria

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17 posted 2002-03-17 03:06 AM

I am glad you liked this wee tale, and I thought you would get a kick out of some truth about St. Patrick (here's my trivia Michael)...

Some Truth About St. Patrick's Day for you...

St. Patrick was not actually Irish. He was born around 373 A.D. in the British Isles near Dumbarton in Scotland. His real name was Maewyn Succat. He took the name of Patrick, or Patricius, meaning "well-born" in Latin, after he became a priest. Patrick traveled the roads and forded the rivers of Ireland for 30 years to see men and women "reborn in God' and come to know the Christ he loved so much. The old saint died in his beloved Ireland on March 17th, 460 A.D. The land that once enslaved him, had now been set free.

The most popular legend linked to St. patrick is his use of the shamrock as his visual aid teaching the principles of the Trinity, the belief in the threeness, and a through a confesson of the oneness of the Creator of Creation.

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Nan

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18 posted 2002-03-17 08:09 AM

So - Can the Scottish share in this tradition then?... Because I surely have a bit o'that in me... A Svenska-Scot, I guess you'd say...

I think this story is just GRAND..!!
Happy St. Patrick's Day, Mysterias One...

walker
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19 posted 2002-03-17 10:19 AM

I love it. My son told me that St Patrick was not Irish, that was a big surprise.

Bridget Shenachie
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20 posted 2002-03-17 10:31 AM

Loved the Jig and the fanciful story! What a celebration!

Shenachie

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21 posted 2002-03-17 12:12 PM

A great write..really enjoyed it..

M

Mysteria

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22 posted 2002-03-17 03:06 PM

Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone and Nan, sure you can be whatever you want to be, I wouldn't want to be the one trying to stop you anyway

Suetang
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23 posted 2002-03-17 09:07 PM

Hello Sharon

This was wonderful and a very Happy St. Patricks Day to you!

Take care......Sue

Suetang

Mysteria

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24 posted 2002-03-18 01:02 AM

Thank you Sue, but today was not a happy day for me or the relatives and friends of a dear friend, but we all survived it, and I suppose that the pain sometimes is what awakens even more memories to keep those in heaven alive in our hearts. Hugs to you and Andrew.

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