St. Patrick's Day..
Mar 15th 2009, 12:42 pm
#31
Septic Sprout
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
i tried the cabage and corned beef tonight. FRIGGING DISGUSTING. First off it wasnt the corned beef i know and hate back in england. Now i have my own corned beef i know and hate here too. first i went and got the beef. said throw in boiling water and simmer for 3 hours. It was bloody disgusting. I cant describe the taste because it was just ... well no wonder they drink guiness. My grandad was irish, family of 11 kids and they all ended up in newcastle. for such a small bloody country they really have a lot of descendents. Every bugger has some relative that is irish somewhere...
Mar 15th 2009, 1:10 pm
#32
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
i tried the cabage and corned beef tonight. FRIGGING DISGUSTING. First off it wasnt the corned beef i know and hate back in england. Now i have my own corned beef i know and hate here too. first i went and got the beef. said throw in boiling water and simmer for 3 hours. It was bloody disgusting. I cant describe the taste because it was just ... well no wonder they drink guiness. My grandad was irish, family of 11 kids and they all ended up in newcastle. for such a small bloody country they really have a lot of descendents. Every bugger has some relative that is irish somewhere...
Mar 15th 2009, 1:26 pm
#33
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
i tried the cabage and corned beef tonight. FRIGGING DISGUSTING. First off it wasnt the corned beef i know and hate back in england. Now i have my own corned beef i know and hate here too. first i went and got the beef. said throw in boiling water and simmer for 3 hours. It was bloody disgusting. I cant describe the taste because it was just ... well no wonder they drink guiness. My grandad was irish, family of 11 kids and they all ended up in newcastle. for such a small bloody country they really have a lot of descendents. Every bugger has some relative that is irish somewhere...
I could eat it every day if properly cooked, ditto for pastrami (same cut of meat- different spices).
Mar 16th 2009, 1:26 am
#35
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
I promised the other half I'd spend St Patrick's Day hiding in the house, as those morons here have decided to start shooting people again.
Last St Patrick's Day was my first in the US. We went to a parade in a little town calling Eureka Springs in NW Arkansas, and had a really good time.
They had traditional Irish llamas:
Mar 16th 2009, 1:33 am
#36
Sursum corda
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
Either spelling is correct. Craic is the Gaelicised spelling.
I promised the other half I'd spend St Patrick's Day hiding in the house, as those morons here have decided to start shooting people again.
Last St Patrick's Day was my first in the US. We went to a parade in a little town calling Eureka Springs in NW Arkansas, and had a really good time.
They had traditional Irish llamas:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/...b197019533.jpg
I promised the other half I'd spend St Patrick's Day hiding in the house, as those morons here have decided to start shooting people again.
Last St Patrick's Day was my first in the US. We went to a parade in a little town calling Eureka Springs in NW Arkansas, and had a really good time.
They had traditional Irish llamas:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/...b197019533.jpg
Although I am not sure if that's an exclamation of surprise or an entreaty.
Mar 16th 2009, 6:15 am
#37
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Mar 16th 2009, 8:03 am
#38
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Mar 16th 2009, 10:22 am
#39
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Mar 16th 2009, 11:08 am
#40
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
Nothing like traditional St. Patricks day round here, not a Guinness in sight, green Bud Light seems to be the norm!! 
Mar 16th 2009, 4:22 pm
#41
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
ellis Name Meaning and History
English and Welsh: from the medieval personal name Elis, a vernacular form of Elijah (see Elias). In Wales this surname absorbed forms derived from the Welsh personal name Elisedd, a derivative of elus ‘kindly’, ‘benevolent’.
Found out recently, that my grandmother (who was anti Irish) had an Irish grandmother,
Mar 16th 2009, 4:41 pm
#42
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
I am still looking....odds are that there is some Irish somewhere, possibly on my father's side, but haven't found any. The red hair is so far only due to my Scots g-g-grandfather and other recessive gene carriers.
Everyone tells me I look Irish though, so I reckon I could get away with the t-shirt.
Everyone tells me I look Irish though, so I reckon I could get away with the t-shirt.
Mar 16th 2009, 8:03 pm
#43
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
Either spelling is correct. Craic is the Gaelicised spelling.
I promised the other half I'd spend St Patrick's Day hiding in the house, as those morons here have decided to start shooting people again.
Last St Patrick's Day was my first in the US. We went to a parade in a little town calling Eureka Springs in NW Arkansas, and had a really good time.
They had traditional Irish llamas:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/...b197019533.jpg
I promised the other half I'd spend St Patrick's Day hiding in the house, as those morons here have decided to start shooting people again.
Last St Patrick's Day was my first in the US. We went to a parade in a little town calling Eureka Springs in NW Arkansas, and had a really good time.
They had traditional Irish llamas:
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2183/...b197019533.jpg
Mar 16th 2009, 9:43 pm
#44
Maño-Americano
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
When we went to Riverdance last month, there were NO llamas.:curse:
Oddly enough there was a Spanish girl who did a couple (modified) flamenco numbers, and a couple black guys who did a hell of a tapdance. Didn't know Ireland had either.
Oddly enough there was a Spanish girl who did a couple (modified) flamenco numbers, and a couple black guys who did a hell of a tapdance. Didn't know Ireland had either.
Mar 16th 2009, 10:13 pm
#45
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Re: St. Patrick's Day..
I'll be spending St Patricks Day in Mexico. I'm sure it's chocker full of Irish there too!