Mar 5th 2008 By Jeremy Taylor
When it comes to St. Patty's Day, there are some who go all corned-beef-and-cabbage, and others who hunt down green beer, snowballs and bagels. We definitely fall into the latter camp. Test your knowledge of the oddest pastimes that somehow got wrapped up with
kicking the snakes out of Ireland.
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Thursday 06 March
By Milo
Actually I WAS drunk when I did this test.
You were right. I love it when you wake up, take a shower, come to work, and then realize you're still tanked.
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Friday 07 March
By Richard
Neat.
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Friday 07 March
By X-stina
Saint Patrick's Day is a holy day in Ireland, not a day for drunken celebrations. In Ireland, people actually go to Mass on March 17.
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Friday 07 March
By Harry Assman
ERIN GO BRAGH !
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Friday 07 March
By K. McClanahan
I did poorly -- then again I am ORANGE Irish -- and proud of it -- I make it apoint not to wear green on that day.
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Friday 07 March
By SW
St. Patricks day is just an excuse for people to get drunk.
BTW what's with people naming others Saints? There's nothing biblical supporting that.
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Friday 07 March
By Patricia
First of all there is no such thing as St. Patty's Day spelled with a T -- its St. Paddy's Day or St. Patrick's Day.
People would laugh at this spelling in Ireland and all the mardi gras rubbish that happens in America. All those beads and leprechauns look weird to a real Irish person, but we do love a good sing song and a few pints of Guinness.
Patricia (born on St. PADDY'S Day)
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Friday 07 March
By simon19963
AOL's portrayal of Irish People on St. PATRICK's day is as much of an insult to REAL Irish person as people dressing up like a black man and eating fried chicken, wasted on Martin Luther King.
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Friday 07 March
By Cindy
Erin Go Braugh! from an Irish girl (Sullivan) who was born on St Paddy's Day...will be celerating 45 that day with my kids and NOT drunk...why do people feel they have to get smashed to enjoy a celebration? and it is a religious holiday....for
Pete's sake! whatever you choose to do have a safe celebration! I'll be wearing my green proudly
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Friday 07 March
By ppmcgowan
The British used the same tactics used here by AOL to justify the massacre and attempted genocide of the Irish race. Some might say lighten up man but if your back ground and that of your entire race is not buried in 800 years of bloodshed you can never understand.
Verifiable records i.e., quotations of George
Washington and Washington's adopted son Parke Custis.
"The English government as Parliamentary
records and other documents all clearly
demonstrated that the participation and contribution
of Ireland and the Irish (who comprised one-half of
Washingtons army) during the American
Revolution were indispensable to America gaining
her independence."
Show some respect
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Sunday 09 March
By Mary Clogston
St. Patrick's day, although now celebrating a religious man, was originally the Pagan celebration of the Spring equinox and the return of the Sun God.
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Tuesday 06 January
By Deirdre
I'd really like to know who this "St. Patty" is ??
It's either St. Patrick's Day or even St. Pat's Day is okay, but St. Patty, am I wrong but isn't Patty a female name or something you put on hamburger bun???
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Friday 07 March
By Lu
Whoa! I did better on the Black history quiz! I'd really like the soldier kissing tradition. What the heck, throw in some firefighters, too!
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Friday 07 March
By Felicia
I have been a South Boston resident all of my life, over 40 yrs.
Known here as "Southie".
The last thing we Irish would do on St. Patrick's Day is drink green beer, wear orange or not go to Church in the morning.
Among many other myths.
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Also the people of Boston can not stand the city being refered to as "Beantown". It's Boston, period.
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Friday 07 March
By jim
A three leaf shamrock is not a four leaf clover!!
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Friday 07 March
By Hank Young
I don't know whether AOL is completely ignorant about Saint Patrick's Day or is so blatantly anti Irish that it doesn't care . St. Patrick's day is a religious and cultural celebration and your green beer and green people are insulting.
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Friday 07 March
By Finn
"We're More Than Just A Bunch Of Green Beer Chugging Leprechauns" copyright Finn MacCool
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Friday 07 March
By tana green
The quiz was "unavailable" but judging from the comments it was just another cultural insult as is St. Patrick's day when celebrated by a bunch of drunks claiming they are Irish for the day. It isn't even a pagan spring time celebration - that's easter or even groundhog's day or the solstice, but the middle of march? Not a chance - too busy readying the fields for the planting.
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Saturday 08 March
By tana green
Ok I took the quiz. Not sure what it had to do with St. Patrick. Just a bunch of tourist board nonsense from assorted parts of the world. Kind of embarassing for the places included I would say.
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Friday 07 March
By LeeAnn
REAL Irish people do NOT celebrate the way Americans do. This was just an excuse for the Americans to have a Parade and party and is nothing more.
You would think that AOL would be more cognizant in respecting the heritage of others and not just show a bunch of people partying and getting drunk.
Just goes to show you how much we here in America value the traditions of others. Only in the United States would they commercialize Christmas, New Years, Halloween, Easter and any other religious day you can think of.
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