~~HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

BLUE NOT GREEN IS THE COLOR ORIGINALLY ASSOCIATED WITH ST. PATRICK.

"ST. PATRICK'S BLUE" IS USED ON IRELAND'S PRESIDENTIAL STANDARD OR FLAG,

WHILE THE IRISH GUARDS SPORT A PLUME OF ST. PATRICK'S BLUE IN THEIR

BEARSKINS. THE EMPHASIS ON GREEN IS THOUGHT TO BE LINKED TO

"WEARING THE GREEN", A SYMBOL FROM THE 18TH CENTURY ON, OF SYMPATHY

WITH IRISH INDEPENDENCE.

ST. PATRICK IS PATRON OF FISHERMEN IN THE LOIRE, WHERE A LEGEND

ASSOCIATES HIM WITH A BLACKTHORN BUSH. THE SAINT IS SAID TO HAVE

SLEPT BENEATH IT, AND WHEN HE AWOKE THE NEXT DAY, CHRISTMAS, THE

BUSH FLOWERED, AND WAS SAID TO HAVE CONTINUED TO DO SO EVERY

CHRISTMAS UNTIL ITS DESTRUCTION DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

IT IS ALSO SAID THAT ST. PATRICK'S FAMILY WAS WEALTHY.

AT THE AGE OF 16 HE WAS KIDNAPPED AND PLACED ALL ALONE IN A FIELD

TO WATCH SHEEP AND THAT IS WHEN HE BECAME A DEVOUT CHRISTIAN. IN

THE TIMES THAT HE WAS AFRAID HE TALKED TO GOD. IT IS SAID THAT HE

HEARD THE VOICE OF GOD WHEN IT WAS TIME TO LEAVE THE FIELDS.

I READ 4 DIFFERENT STORIES AND THEY EACH HAD A DIFFERENT WAY TO

TELL THE STORY BUT THEY "ALL" SAY THAT IS WAS ST. PATRICK THAT RID

IRELAND OF ALL THE SNAKES.

THE FIRST ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARADE TOOK PLACE IN 1737 IN BOSTON,

FOLLOWED IN 1782 BY NEW YORK.

GEORGE WASHINGTON ALLOWED HIS SOLDIERS A HOLIDAY ON MARCH 17, 1780

AS "AN ACT OF SOLIDARITY WITH THE IRISH IN THEIR FIGHT FOR

INDEPENDENCE."

SOME CAUSE HAPPINESS WHEREVER THEY GO; OTHERS WHENEVER THEY GO

~~~~OSCAR WILDE

A NATION REVEALS ITSELF NOT ONLY BY THE MEN IT PRODUCES BUT ALSO BY

THE MEN IT HONORS, THE MEN IT REMEMBERS

~~~~~JOHN F. KENNEDY

SOME MEN SEE THINGS AS THEY ARE AND ASK WHY. OTHERS DREAM THINGS

THAT NEVER WERE AND ASK WHY NOT.

~~~~~G. B. SHAW

IRISH SODA BREAD GETS ITS NAME AND DISTINCTIVE CHARACTER FROM THE

USE OF BAKING SODA INSTEAD OF YEAST AS THE LEAVENING AGENT

ADOPT A PINCH: JEFFERY

FAMOUS IRISH WRITERS:

JAMES JOYCE......... GEORGE BERNARD SHAW............ SAMUEL BECKETT

WILLIAM BULTER YEATS.......... OSCAR WILDE.......... ELIZABETH BOWEN

FOUR PLACES IN THE UNITED STATES ARE NAMED SHAMROCK:

MOUNT GAY-SHAMROCK, W. VA.

SHAMROCK, TEXAS

SHAMROCK, OKLAHOMA CENSUS 125 PEOPLE

SHAMROCK LAKES, IND.


ADOPT A PINCH.....JETHRO

MAY THE ROAD RISE UP TO MEET YOU

MAY THE WIND ALWAYS BE AT YOUR BACK

MAY THE SUN SHINE UPON YOUR FACE

AND RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS

AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN

MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND

~~~~~~OLD IRISH PROVERB

THANK YOU, EVERY ONE FOR SPENDING ALITTLE TIME WITH ME TODAY.

PLEASE PRAY FOR KIM, AT DEAR DAISY COTTAGE, AS HER MOTHER'S HUSBAND DAN

PASSED AWAY. PLEASE DROP BY AND TELL HER SHE IS LOVED...I DON'T KNOW WHY

I WOULD TELL YOU THAT AS SHE IS LOVED BY EVERYBODY. THIS IS A DIFFICULT

TIME FOR THEM. DAN HAD SUFFERED A MASSIVE STROKE A FEW DAYS AGO AND

GOD RELEASED HIM TO GO HOME

LOTS OF PEOPLE ON THE PRAYER LIST:

MY BELOVED AMY...WE GO TO TALK WITH DR. MEDINA TOMORROW TO SEE IF

THE PET SCAN REVEALS NEW "ACTIVITY" IN HER NECK......I AM JUST GOING TO

BE TRUTHFUL.....ALL OF US ARE A LITTLE AGITATED TODAY....AFTER I POST THIS

I JUST HAVE TO PRAY AND SPEND TIME AT JESUS' FEET.

LEAH-HAVING OUT PATIENT SURGERY TODAY....THIS IS AMY'S BEST FRIEND AND

SHE IS THERE WITH LEAH'S HUSBAND AND PARENTS IN THE WAITING ROOM

BECKY-TO FEEL COMFORT AND THE PAIN BE GONE

RACHEL-PERSONAL....LOVE YOU RACHEL

BARBARA AND ROY-HIS MOTHER IS GRAVELY ILL

ROY-CANCER

DEENA-CONTINUED STRENGTH TO HER BODY

EVERY ONE WHO NEEDS A JOB...LEAH I AM PRAYING FOR YOU AND YOUR HUSBAND

JENNIFER AND LADY KATHERINE

JENNIFER AND DAVID-BEING TRANSFERED TO GERMANY

SUZANNE-WILL GET HER GRANT TO START A NEW BUSINESS

KOLEEN-MISS YOU VERY MUCH...I HOPE YOU COME BACK TO BLOGGING

ADOPT A PINCH: JESSY





ANOTHER STORY FOR THE SYMBOL OF THE SNAKE:

IT HAS LONG BEEN RECOUNTED THAT, DURING HIS MISSION IN IRELAND

ST. PATRICK ONCE STOOD ON A HILLTOP (WHICH IS NOW CALLED CROAGH

PATRICK), AND WITH ONLY A WOODEN STAFF BY HIS SIDE, BANISHED ALL

THE SNAKES FROM IRELAND.

IN FACT, THE ISLAND NATION WAS NEVER HOME TO ANY SNAKES. THE

"BANISHING OF THE SNAKES" WAS REALLY A METAPHOR FOR THE ERADICATION

OF PAGAN IDEOLOGY FROM IRELAND AND THE TRIUMPH OF CHRISTIANITY.

WITHIN TWO HUNDRED YEARS OF PATRICK'S ARRIVAL, IRELAND WAS

COMPLETELY CHRISTIANIZED.

HE WILL COVER YOU WITH HIS FEATHERS, AND UNDER HIS WINGS YOU WILL FIND

REFUGE; HIS FAITHFULNESS WILL BE YOUR SHIELD AND RAMPART.

~~~~~PSALMS 91:4

ADOPT A PINCH: CLARENCE

BLESSINGS

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