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Post by Admin on Feb 19, 2006 3:33:50 GMT 10
Do you celebrate St. Paddy's Day at your home?
I have a wreath I made for on the door but other than that is pretty much passes as another day.
What do you do to celebrate and how many Irish heritage folks do we have here?
Not me, I am full-blooded German...Not a hint of Irish in either side of my family, although my dad had reddish hair...
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Post by lucie on Feb 19, 2006 5:23:48 GMT 10
We don't celebrate it either, Carolyn...we are french canadians. Moslty english with Irish heritage celebrate it here in Quebec.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 19, 2006 11:31:10 GMT 10
I don't celebrate it and neither does our family. But they may come across it at school or on TV. I will have to ask them, I can't remember what happened last year. My dh has a tiny bit of Irish ancestry. He is about 1/8 I think. His Mum is very proud of that part of her heritage. DH not so much. I think ds14 may have inherited their hair, not sure.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 19, 2006 11:34:42 GMT 10
Yes, dh says our son Magnus (good Irish name) has the Irish curly brown hair.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 19, 2006 15:14:13 GMT 10
I named Magnus because I saw it on TV and it is Scottish. But the Irish use it. I did a search for Irish with the name search and it came up with:
Maghnus - (MAKH-hus) "great"; variant of Manus, or the Norse-Viking Magnus.
This implies they spell it differently in Ireland. Very interesting, thanks Cara.
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Post by Michelle on Feb 22, 2006 3:41:41 GMT 10
Sometimes I do "green-themed" things for the kids, but we don't celebrate much, and Dave & I both have Irish ancestry.
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Post by lynn on Feb 22, 2006 5:51:52 GMT 10
Yep, we have some Irish blood in our veins. Shane's biological father was Irish, as were some of my descendants. Guess that's where 2 of our sons got that red hair.
We don't really "celebrate" it.....Shane does like corned beef, potatoes and cabbage. The rest of us don't. But I usually make it just for him on St. Paddy's Day. And of course we wear something green on that day so we don't get pinched. ( As if that stops the boys from pinching.....any excuse to get physical!) But that's about the extent of it. We just have fun.
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Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2006 5:52:59 GMT 10
Ah the ole pinchin...lol
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Post by sunshine on Feb 22, 2006 8:44:59 GMT 10
We don't celebrate it- and since the kids are pretty much grown, we don't even do the green themed stuff.
I do have a button I wear on my lab jacket for work that says "I'm not Irish, but kiss me anyway!"
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Post by Admin on Feb 22, 2006 8:50:09 GMT 10
Too cute Denise!. What heritage are you btw?
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 23, 2006 9:05:34 GMT 10
How many days do we have before St. Patrick's Day?
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Post by Admin on Feb 23, 2006 10:49:06 GMT 10
St. Patrick's Day is always on March 17th.
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Post by braided-rug on Feb 25, 2006 21:26:11 GMT 10
"St. Patrick's Day Food and Fun Recipe for Irish Soda Bread Recipe for Shamrock Bread Loaf (see link below) St. Patrick's Day Games Magic Green Milk Pour 2-3 drops of green food coloring (for a 6-8 ounce glass) in clear glasses. When the people come in to eat, pour their milk in the glasses. It will swirl green–like magic. Green Potatoes Stir green food coloring in milk you add to potatoes before mashing. Shamrock Pears Color pears green by pouring green food coloring into the syrup of the pears and let them sit in the refrigerator overnight in the colored syrup. Arrange them on cottage cheese or lettuce leaves to form a shamrock. Three pear halves will form the shamrock, with the small ends of the pears toward the center of the shamrock shape. Cut a thin slice the length of a pear half to place as stem of the shamrock. Shamrock Pancakes Mix green food coloring to the batter. Pour 3 small round circles of pancake mix on a hot griddle, close enough so they join together. Add the stem at the bottom of the shamrock with a small amount of pancake mix. Green Biscuits Make biscuit mix biscuits only add green food coloring to the milk before adding to the mix. Green Honey Butter A perfect topping for your green biscuits. Combine in a food processor, 1/2 cup butter, 1/3 to 1/2 cup honey (to your taste) and green food coloring to make it a pretty green. Shamrock Pizza Use your favorite recipe for pizza or my recipe and shape a shamrock on a large pizza pan or baking sheet with three circular pizzas and one thin, rectangular one for the stem. Mix equal amounts of green food coloring and water and brush on outer edges of crust. Shake grated cheese with remaining food coloring mixture in a closed plastic bag or container. Top with family favorites (each leaf can be different) and bake as usual. St. Patrick's Day Fun Hide pennies or butterscotch candy pieces. Attach a note to each one with a clue to help find the next "piece of gold". The last clue could lead to a "Pot of Gold". Fill a black pot with pieces of candy. Pot of Gold party game – Place green Easter grass in the bottom of a small black pot. On the top of the grass add butterscotch candy pieces or chocolate coins. Put a sticker on 1 of the pieces of candy. Pass the pot around to each person. Give the one who received the piece of candy with the sticker a "Cup of Gold" candy bar, or other prize." From: www.geocities.com/grammalowe/holiday.html#pat |
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Post by Michelle on Feb 25, 2006 22:30:30 GMT 10
"St. Patrick's Day Food and Fun Recipe for Irish Soda Bread Recipe for Shamrock Bread Loaf (see link below) St. Patrick's Day Games Magic Green Milk Pour 2-3 drops of green food coloring (for a 6-8 ounce glass) in clear glasses. When the people come in to eat, pour their milk in the glasses. It will swirl green–like magic. Green Potatoes Stir green food coloring in milk you add to potatoes before mashing. Shamrock Pears Color pears green by pouring green food coloring into the syrup of the pears and let them sit in the refrigerator overnight in the colored syrup. Arrange them on cottage cheese or lettuce leaves to form a shamrock. Three pear halves will form the shamrock, with the small ends of the pears toward the center of the shamrock shape. Cut a thin slice the length of a pear half to place as stem of the shamrock. Shamrock Pancakes Mix green food coloring to the batter. Pour 3 small round circles of pancake mix on a hot griddle, close enough so they join together. Add the stem at the bottom of the shamrock with a small amount of pancake mix. Green Biscuits Make biscuit mix biscuits only add green food coloring to the milk before adding to the mix. Green Honey Butter A perfect topping for your green biscuits. Combine in a food processor, 1/2 cup butter, 1/3 to 1/2 cup honey (to your taste) and green food coloring to make it a pretty green. Shamrock Pizza Use your favorite recipe for pizza or my recipe and shape a shamrock on a large pizza pan or baking sheet with three circular pizzas and one thin, rectangular one for the stem. Mix equal amounts of green food coloring and water and brush on outer edges of crust. Shake grated cheese with remaining food coloring mixture in a closed plastic bag or container. Top with family favorites (each leaf can be different) and bake as usual. St. Patrick's Day Fun Hide pennies or butterscotch candy pieces. Attach a note to each one with a clue to help find the next "piece of gold". The last clue could lead to a "Pot of Gold". Fill a black pot with pieces of candy. Pot of Gold party game – Place green Easter grass in the bottom of a small black pot. On the top of the grass add butterscotch candy pieces or chocolate coins. Put a sticker on 1 of the pieces of candy. Pass the pot around to each person. Give the one who received the piece of candy with the sticker a "Cup of Gold" candy bar, or other prize." From: www.geocities.com/grammalowe/holiday.html#patI really like these ideas--thanks. I am going to make the green milk for the kids in the morning. I'm not sure if they'll eat any green food, though, and I don't think dh would either. Thankfully we don't really celebrate St. Patrick's day too much even though Dave & I both have a bit of Irish blood in us  |
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Post by Admin on Feb 25, 2006 23:44:06 GMT 10
Cute ideas. I bet the girlies will get a kick out of the green milk
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