tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post2630532150342558148..comments2023-10-19T03:40:40.815-04:00Comments on Go Knit In Your Hat: On being IrishCarolhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07651035210994960810noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-32333158153990795262010-04-02T20:35:16.090-04:002010-04-02T20:35:16.090-04:00Very interesting post. I am very interested in ge...Very interesting post. I am very interested in genealogy. Like one of your other readers, I have dual nationality - American born and Irish by marriage and residence. All my ancestors came to the U.S. from the British Isles hundreds of years ago - even on the Mayflower, if you can believe it! I love celebrating St. Patrick's Day in Dublin even if festivities go a bit over the top with the visiting American bands!Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-16089965984815366562010-03-19T09:18:04.661-04:002010-03-19T09:18:04.661-04:00As a two-passport-carrying dual US and Irish citiz...As a two-passport-carrying dual US and Irish citizen, I too, lament that St. Paddy's Day has devolved into little more than drunkenness. We're so much more than that. <br /><br />I thank you, Carol, for not pretending to be Irish when you're not, and not hijacking someone else's holiday in order to get drunk and act like an idiot. Tell us about a big Polish holiday sometime, please. I'd love to hear it.<br /><br />(FYI - St. George's Day is April 23rd, St. David's Day is March 1st and St. Andrew's Day is November 30th. Those holidays do exist, but I can't comment on who celebrates them how, but it does seem that they haven't gotten hijacked by the general US public as an excuse to get drunk.)jlrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139177470083290147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-92031922181282750282010-03-19T01:26:19.414-04:002010-03-19T01:26:19.414-04:00My MIL grew up in Wilkes-Barre. The place you des...My MIL grew up in Wilkes-Barre. The place you describe fits so well with the stories she tells. I wonder if you might be of an age? How old are you?<br /><br />It's fun to read about it through your eyes.Susan aka paintermomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13773912285895173643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-53909192214610747562010-03-19T00:15:46.877-04:002010-03-19T00:15:46.877-04:00I don't like St. Patrick's Day and wouldn&...I don't like St. Patrick's Day and wouldn't miss it a drop if it was never celebrated again. As much as I like my Irish ancestry, I strongly dislike holidays in which everyone feels it's their duty to get as drunk and obnoxious as possible. You can add to the list Halloween and New Year's Eve.<br /><br />Sorry, Carol, this was a great post and I certainly don't mean to hijack the comments to kvetch.the hanged manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06705748701233182866noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-78588217697407221172010-03-18T17:40:28.805-04:002010-03-18T17:40:28.805-04:00My problem with St. Pat's day is not that the ...My problem with St. Pat's day is not that the day exists but that others do not. No St. George, David or Andrew. No countless others from other countries days. My English husband says it's his second least favorite holiday here after Independence Day! Maybe I could be more enthused if more were celebrated than green beer, drunkenness and corned beef. Surely this beautiful country has begotten so much more but that's why I normally hear about.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14821254952159389780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-24646355987959023972010-03-18T13:45:22.209-04:002010-03-18T13:45:22.209-04:00I hear you on the coal mining. My FIL joined the ...I hear you on the coal mining. My FIL joined the army and went to Korea instead of going down the mines, he figured it was safer.<br /><br />When I was a kid, we had to fill out a form every year at school, and there was a place for "nationality". If you put Canadian, they made you change it, which pissed off my Ma. So she said if they want your origins, they're getting them all. Which meant by the time I was 8 yrs. old I could print (on a line about 3 inches long) Ukrainian, Danish, Irish, Scottish, Spanish, Swedish, Norwegian, Chinese. I am still the Queen of eensy writing.<br />(They don't do this anymore thank goodness)<br />Ma always wondered how anyone knew the answer to that question anyhow? I mean, do any of us know what our great-grannies got up to?<br />Barb B.Barb B.http://www.wildgeesefibres.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-8081216772313878212010-03-18T08:47:47.319-04:002010-03-18T08:47:47.319-04:00We grew up believing we were related to Sean Fergu...We grew up believing we were related to Sean Ferguson.Selmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11477976612190171010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-43244583387482805372010-03-18T08:12:40.759-04:002010-03-18T08:12:40.759-04:00Great post. My dad was English/Irish and my mom i...Great post. My dad was English/Irish and my mom is Polish/Ukranian. My dad's brothers were only ever concerned about the paternal Irish side and it hacked my dad off no end. Which is why I'm such an Anglophile and own way too many BBC DVDs. He loved his mother dearly and found it insulting when people chose to forget where she came from.<br /><br />ps) my dad was from Shenandoah, PA coal country.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10539467429501625137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-33249828123666633382010-03-18T02:59:14.330-04:002010-03-18T02:59:14.330-04:00That was a lovely post. I really enjoyed. As you k...That was a lovely post. I really enjoyed. As you know, from a mostly-lurker that is high praise indeed!<br />Thanks for a great blog, Carol!<br /><br />btw, I really LOVE your book reviews.... hint....Park Bench Knitterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04287709339214563902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18710479.post-74410580968863061842010-03-17T21:19:50.756-04:002010-03-17T21:19:50.756-04:00Happy St. Patrick's Day, sweetie! The Irish c...Happy St. Patrick's Day, sweetie! The Irish could certainly do worse than to claim the likes o' you ...<br /><br />(P.S. If you do have some of the auld sod background in you, just overdye the sweatshirt green. It will look ... different ...)Bridgethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01641404632001445083noreply@blogger.com