If you know what’s good for you, you’re celebrating St. Patrick’s day and saying Erin go bragh (yes that’s the correct saying) which means “Ireland to the end of time.”
According to the all-knowing and quasi divine Internet, that phrase was first heard during the “Irish Rebellion of 1798 when a group of Irish rebels staged an uprising to protest British rule.” It didn’t work out. Nonetheless, as you know, I’ll always side with anyone trying to break free of British rule, so I can be counted on to raise a glass or two of Knappogue Castle 12 Year Single Malt to celebrate the man who converted the Irish to Christrianity. Seriously, why did he do that? Their old-time Celtic beliefs were just fine.
Okay, we won’t worry about the details except to say that today we support the Irish with or without the saint or the U.K.
P.S. Sorry, Ireland, but I wore my green shirt yesterday. Oops.
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