Signups closed///St. Patricks Day/March Gift Swap

[bockbock2008]

herefordlovinglady - counting you and me there are 14 in this swap

 

[herefordlovinglady]

 

[bockbock2008]

...and yes there are alot of good ideas out there! I'm going with more handmade items for my swap gift this time. ALL of the bonus gift wre store bought this time around. It will allow me to get them out quicker.

 

[kelseygirl707]

Are there any guys in on this, because my gift is turning out to be kinda Girly?

 

[texasgal]

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That's great!!

Irish folklore, culture, cuisine, poetry and song was pre-empted by construction at work. We were kicked out of our offices and moved to a sorta common area .. (I'm stuck with my boss .. ugh) .. so I didn't get much time to "play" yesterday.

I'll have some time at lunch today .. so I'll post something ..fer shur!

 

[herefordlovinglady]

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Ohh I love girly gifts....

 

[bockbock2008]

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No guys want to play. I think they are scared of us

I think my husband is scared of me right now at least. He saw me bash an opposums head in with a 2x4 a couple night ago!

 

[bockbock2008]

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That's great!!

Irish folklore, culture, cuisine, poetry and song was pre-empted by construction at work. We were kicked out of our offices and moved to a sorta common area .. (I'm stuck with my boss .. ugh) .. so I didn't get much time to "play" yesterday.

I'll have some time at lunch today .. so I'll post something ..fer shur!

That stinks! No time for play

Well I though about filling in for you yesterday but I didn't want you to think I was trying to take it over.

OK. Waiting for today's episode

 

[texasgal]

Fun Irish / St Patricks day facts:

~ In the United States, it's customary to wear green on St. Patrick's Day. But in Ireland the color was long considered to be unlucky,(go figure

) says Bridget Haggerty, author of The Traditional Irish Wedding and the Irish Culture and Customs Web site.

As Haggerty explains, Irish folklore holds that green is the favorite color of the Good People (the proper name for faeries). They are likely to steal people, especially children, who wear too much of the color. **note to self: If I want my child stolen by fairies while visiting Ireland ..... **

~ The official color of St. Patrick is blue


~ Many myths surround St. Patrick. One of the best known—and most inaccurate—is that Patrick drove all the snakes from Ireland into the Irish Sea, where the serpents drowned. (Some still say that is why the sea is so rough.)

But snakes have never been native to the Emerald Isle. The serpents were likely a metaphor for druidic religions, which steadily disappeared from Ireland in the centuries after St. Patrick planted the seeds of Christianity on the island.


~ The shamrock, which was also called the "seamroy" by the Celts, was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland because it symbolized the rebirth of spring. According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity ( God exists as three persons--father, son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish.

 

[bockbock2008]

Verrrry interesting.

Thanks, texasgal