~ Duralia Saint Patrick's Day Feast, Wednesday, March 17, 2010 ~

I love to celebrate cultures, and I had this idea for Saint Patrick's Day brewing for a while, but waited until the last minute to purchase the Corned Beef Brisket, and Earth Fare was all sold out. I settled for Bangers & Mash instead. I scored some cute hats and other Irish decor at Target. It was irritating that not one book about Saint Patrick's could be found anywhere locally on Saint Patrick's Day. Not the library, not Books-A-Million, nowhere! No luck with finding shamrock plants as well! Since, we have found two nice books to add to our Irish Culture collection, so next Saint Patties Day, we will not be in the same pickle! We had our Irish feast, laughed, and talked about the history of Saint Patrick's Day and Irish culture. The boys were most fascinated by the legend of the "snakes":


"Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island^[47] , though all evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes;^[48] one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the Druids of that time and place, as shown for instance on coins minted in Gaul (see Carnutes), or that it could have referred to beliefs such as Pelagianism, symbolised as “serpents”.^{[citation needed][when?]} Legend also credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God' (as opposed to the Arian belief that was popular in Patrick's time).<sup>[when?]" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick




We have most definitely started a family tradition!</sup>