From roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Thu Mar 9 09:19:39 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k29GJdjb015991; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:19:39 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l.rootsweb.com [66.43.16.22]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k29GJbn4012755 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:19:37 -0700 Received: from roots-l.rootsweb.com (roots-l [127.0.0.1]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id k29DnPFI005560 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:49:25 -0500 Received: (from roots-in@localhost) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.8/Submit) id k29DnPst005559 for roots-approved@rootsweb.com; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:49:25 -0500 Received: from lists5.rootsweb.com (lists5.rootsweb.com [66.43.27.41]) by roots-l.rootsweb.com (8.12.10/8.12.10) with SMTP id k29DdxFI005482 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 08:39:59 -0500 Received: (from slist@localhost) by lists5.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) id k29GA1Rs008688 for roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:10:01 -0700 X-Envelope-From: hornbeck@s-hornbeck.com Thu Mar 9 09:10:01 2006 Received: from mail.rootsweb.com (mail.rootsweb.com [192.168.65.34]) by admin.rootsweb.com (8.12.8/8.12.8) with ESMTP id k29GA1jb008679 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:10:01 -0700 Received: from smtp106.mail.sc5.yahoo.com (smtp106.mail.sc5.yahoo.com [66.163.169.226]) by mail.rootsweb.com (8.13.4/8.13.4) with SMTP id k29G9w7i006947 for ; Thu, 9 Mar 2006 09:09:58 -0700 Received: (qmail 61516 invoked from network); 9 Mar 2006 16:09:59 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO shirley-.s-hornbeck.com) (shirleyhornbeck@sbcglobal.net@69.110.214.253 with login) by smtp106.mail.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 9 Mar 2006 16:09:57 -0000 Message-Id: <6.2.3.4.2.20060309080854.042148c0@pop.mail.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.3.4 Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2006 08:09:55 -0800 To: ROOTS-l@rootsweb.com From: Shirley Hornbeck Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.52 on 192.168.65.34 Sender: roots-in@roots-l.rootsweb.com Subject: [ROOTS-L] This and That St. Patrick's Day >In America, Saint Patrick's Day is a basically a time to wear green and >party. The first American celebration of Saint Patrick's Day was in Boston, >Massachusetts, in 1737. As the saying goes, on this day "everybody is >Irish!" Over 100 U.S. cities now hold Saint Patrick's Day parades, the >largest held in New York City. > >Green is associated with Saint Patrick's Day because it is the color of >spring, Ireland, and the shamrock. Leprechauns are also associated with >this holiday, although I'm not sure why. Leprechauns of legend are actually >mean little creatures, with the exception of the Lucky Charms guy. They >were probably added later on because capitalists needed something cute to >put on greeting cards. > >What's good luck on Saint Patrick's Day?: > >Finding a four-leaf clover (that's double the good luck it usually is). >Wearing green. >(School children have started a little tradition of their own -- they pinch >classmates who don't wear green on this holiday). >Kissing the blarney stone. >An Irish blessing to take with you today: > >May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow >And may trouble avoid you wherever you go. > Shirley Hornbeck - THIS & THAT GENEALOGY TIPS: