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HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY

Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all of the leprechauns of the blog from the Turley Clan.

The kids woke up to find that the leprechauns had arrived once again. They drank a beer and fell into Madie’s leprechaun trap (they wrote to say that it took quite an effort to pull Patrick O’Flannigan out of the trap below (when you grab the false gold nuggets, you fall through into the trap).

They were also grateful that the kids found their missing little green hats last year that they left a pot of chocolate gold nuggets and green donuts. They also left their annual gold coins hanging from the trees outside in green bags with the kids’ names on them.

The family went to the St. Patrick’s day parade last weekend. The highlight was an unexpected confrontation between me and one of the National’s presidential mascots. While sitting on the curb with the kids, we were confronted by a giant headed Abe Lincoln wearing a Nats shirt. When I noted that he was from Illinois and should (like me) be a Cubs fan, it turned ugly. Lincoln paraded in front of my pointing at his shirt, taunting me by pointing to his Nats symbol. My pointing out that in Illinois we put him on our license plates did not change his alliance. He then proceeded along with the other giant headed presidents. (By the way, next St. Patrick’s Day parade I hope that they have the Bolivian dancers again but they may want to ask the sponsor not to hang the spray painted bed sheet proclaiming “SPONSORED BY THE SPINE CLINIC. IF YOU HAVE A CASE, YOU HAVE A DOCTOR”).

Tonight we are having corned beef and cabbage. Best wishes to the Turley clan in Ireland, particularly in the counties Armaugh and Down.

And to everyone . . . Erin go Bragh!!!

Jonathan Turley

43 thoughts on “HAPPY ST. PATRICK’S DAY”

  2. OS:

    “Friendship make prosperity more shining and lessens adversity by dividing and sharing it.
    Cicero (106 BC – 43 BC), On Friendship, 44 B.C.”

  4. It is severe clear here today, but a grey day where I sit. My 17 y/o Grandson is sleeping almost all the time now and when he is awake, he cries with the pain. He no longer is able to eat and his breathing is becoming labored. I fear we are now in the last hours of his young life.

    I took his grandmother to the cemetery this morning to show her where he will be. She did not cry.

    For him, on St. Patrick’s Day, a Celtic lad with both Scottish and Irish blood in his veins. Descended from Kings and warriors on both sides. Irish Uilleann piping virtuoso Davy Spillane plays Caoineadh Cú Chulainn, which means Cú Chulainn’s lament. It commemorates a legendary Irish warrior named Cú Chulainn. It is fitting on this St. Patrick’s Day. He loves the pipes, and they will play for him one last time when he joins the Flowers of the Forest all too soon.

    [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rr4IQNn3AsA&fs=1&hl=en_US&rel=0%5D

    I pray that my musings here this afternoon do not cast too much of a pall on an otherwise cheerful occasion. My grandson loved good food and good company. He is always cheerful and wanted to be a chef.

  7. rafflaw,

    “It was made especially happy when I received an email from my son, Patrick, from Afghanistan, wishing us all here a Happy St. Patricks Day! Tis a glorious Day!”

    Yay! The second time today my feet are doing a happy dance! Good news, raff!

  9. Happy St. Patricks Day! It was made especially happy when I received an email from my son, Patrick, from Afghanistan, wishing us all here a Happy St. Patricks Day! Tis a glorious Day!

  10. My Green Money did not arrive….have had Taxi number on file for years…sometimes it was just too hard to make the right call….then again…I think it was the lemonade…

  11. Happy St. Patrick’s Day to all

    Buddha … Get well and stay green

    To all my kids and grandkids who will not be in class today or at work – Be safe and don’t drive … I sent you all green money and taxi phone numbers … use them!

  12. Ah and Best of Luck…to Patrick Fitzmichael and his clan….or is that Michael Fitzpatrick…..As they stroll down Michigan Ave……

  13. On St Patrick’s Day we Italian-Americans are Mediterranean-Irish.

    Happy St. Patty’s Day to all!

  14. My daughter is now a Murphy! There’s finally some Irish in the family. May the green be upon us this fine March day!

    Irish dancing is infectious!

  16. Looking forward to the corned beef and cabbage tonight and nice pint of Guinness – Happy St. Patrick’s Day … Slainte!

  17. We all bleed green today. Happy St. Patrick’s day everyone. And especially to the kinfolk in Counties Limerick, Kilkenny, Kerry and Cork.

  18. P.I.G.S. is all I have to say.

    Portugal, Ireland, Greece and Spain.

    But happy St. Patricks Day. Snake haters of the world unite.

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