St. Patrick's Day

[Andruschak]

Whilst I am quite aware of the so-called traditions of St’. Patrick’s Day, mostly the invention of Americans, I tend not to pay much attention to them…with one exception.

Every 17 March I make very very sure I am not wearing green anywhere, and that I am wearing my bright orange T-shirt. I leave for work in a half-hour, and hope to upset those pseudo-Irish that infest the USPS.

So there!

 

[puzzleannie]

my Irish MIL just informed me that it was considered bad luck in her day to wear orange on St.Patrick’s day, and the reason they wore green was because they could. It had indeed, as the old song says, been outlawed in Ireland by the English. I would think a postal worker needs all the luck he can get to take care. I am guessing Pumpkin also wears orange.

 

[wow]

Oh Danny boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling
From glen to glen, and down the mountain side
The summer’s gone, and all the flowers are dying
'Tis you, 'tis you must go and I must bide.
But come ye back when summer’s in the meadow
Or when the valley’s hushed and white with snow
'Tis I’ll be here in sunshine or in shadow
Oh Danny boy, oh Danny boy, I love you so.

And if you come, when all the flowers are dying
And I am dead, as dead I well may be
You’ll come and find the place where I am lying
And kneel and say an “Ave” there for me.

And I shall hear, tho’ soft you tread above me
And all my dreams will warm and sweeter be
If you’ll not fail to tell me that you love me
I’ll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

I’ll simply sleep in peace until you come to me.

 

[lizaanne]

The only folks I know who wear orange on St. Patrick’s Day are Protestants!!!

My ex always had to make a point of wearing orange (his favorite color) on St. Patrick’s Day to make SURE everyone knew he was Protestant.

~Liza

 

[Mary_girl]

Why is it that some people were orange on st. patty’s day??? does the color have any significance??? A girl @ my Catholic high school was wearing an orange sweater, dress code violation , and I was confused as to why she was and if there was any reason that a certain group of people would wear orange to be ‘against’ the Irish. just wondering
In His amazing love,
Mary girl

 

[Joe_Kelley]

Orange is for William of Orange, who does not enjoy a good reputation with the Irish. Note that the Orange men and the Orange Lodges of Northern Ireland are extremely anti-Catholic. They are descendants of the Scotch Prysebyterians who were moved into Ulster to replace the Irish the English drove out.

Much of the current conflict may be more economic than religious, but it retains its religious roots.

 

[lizaanne]

Orange is symbolic of Irish Protestants while green is symbolic of Irish Catholics. On the Irish flag, there is an orange stripe, a green stripe and a white stripe. The orange is for the Protestants, the green is for the Catholics and the white is for the hope of peace between the two.

At least - this is what I’ve always understood. Someone will surely correct me if I’m wrong.

~Liza

 

[Andruschak]

The only folks I know who wear orange on St. Patrick’s Day are Protestants!!!

My ex always had to make a point of wearing orange (his favorite color) on St. Patrick’s Day to make SURE everyone knew he was Protestant.

~Liza

Update after getting home after midnight…

Well…as my brother Michel Andruschak will confirm, we were asked by our Mother and maternal Grandmother to wear orange on 17 March. The Catholic catechism makes a big deal of obediance to our parents. But nowhere, in the catechism or elsewhere, does it mention what color to wear or not wear on 17 March.

In any case, the result of wearing Orange to work was nill. At the Post Office, minorities are in the majority, and most have only a vague idea about wearing green on 17 March, and have no idea whatsoever what the orange is about. Clueless. This includes Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians.

As for the real minority, whites of European descent, they know something about wearing green on 17 March, but are also mostly ignorant of what wearing orange means.

 

[JimR-OCDS]

Andruschak;

Well…as my brother Michel Andruschak will confirm, we were asked by our Mother and maternal Grandmother to wear orange on 17 March. The Catholic catechism makes a big deal of obediance to our parents.

Except if your parents are asking you to do something that is offensive to others.

Wearing orange on St. Patrick’s day, would be akin to wearing a T-shirt with the Confederate flag, on Martin Luther King Day.

Knowing what they represent and how they will be offensive, it would not be a sin to refuse your parents request to wear such things, if thats what they asked you to do.

Jim

 

[Andruschak]

Knowing what they represent and how they will be offensive, it would not be a sin to refuse your parents request to wear such things, if thats what they asked you to do.

Jim

To be offensive, somebody would have to be offended. In case you didn’t notice what I wrote, nobody at work was offended because they had no idea what the orange meant.