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March 17th heralds Ireland's holy day, so to speak. It is the day when the patron saint of Ireland is honoured, and it is also the date that marks his death.
Since March 17th, 1753, the first official St. Patrick's Day, the date has been celebrated in the U. S. and Canada as well as Ireland. One of the events on this day is a parade - the first parade to commemorate this saint was March 17th, 1762 in New York City. Since then there are parades in many towns and cities in North America. They are usually held on the Sunday before the actual date, which stands to reason - there's more time to go to a parade and get yourself under the affluence of inkahol on the weekend - ha ha!
Here are some scrambles I've made in honour of Toronto's parade which is in progress in downtown Toronto: VU NAIFE HUFEPT BERRE GENE GARRICE GROVE NICHE SAME IDEARS PARTTEN HEE FARTIN' ON HER TWEEG There are only five to puzzle out - took it easy on you today, considering that green beer and all. You can see the solutions after the Leprechaun. Oh, the first to get up was Old Mrs. Russell, She couldn't sing so she started to wussle then somebody gave 'er a kick in the bustle, the night of the wedding of Roddie McGraw OK - here's the solutions . . . UP FIFTH AVENUE I don't think they're having their parade till Thursday . . . http://www.saintpatricksdayparade.com/20... GREEN BEER http://www.ladowntownnews.com/articles/2... CHICAGO RIVER GREEN Unless you come from Chicago, I guess many of you don't know that they dye the Chicago river green to commemorate this event. Here's a link to the History Channel's article on this. http://www.historychannel.com/exhibits/s... MAIN STREET PARADES http://www.canada.com/national/nationalp... THE WEARIN' OF THE GREEN (That was a scream, the way the scramble came out when I wrote it.) As we attended Canada Blooms, Toronto's annual garden show yesterday, our feet are not up to attending the parade. But may all of you, in cities everywhere enjoy the day. Watch out for that green beer on Thursday - you might not make into work Friday. Here are some links: A quaint little nook on the web - this web page creation is clever. It gives a lot of information on St. Patrick's Day. http://www.marvelcreations.com/stpatrick... My recent crossword puzzle will be up at this site that deals with old movies - a new puzzle is inserted every two weeks, so you might not see it if you're not reading this around the date I'm posting it to Suite: Go To Page: 1 2
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