#good luck! a st patrick's day story

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Good Luck! A St. Patrick's Day Story (2007)

Story: Joan Holub -- Art: Will Terry

[betterthanburrow]

hiii i had an idea for an IG AU when i was driving home

Joe x Broadway Actress

(sorry if your requests aren’t open but i wants to share this idea with you)

Dream Role on Broadway - Instagram AU

(Bengals Quarterback! Joe Burrow x Broadway Actress! OC)

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yourinstagram: I am very excited to announce that for 8 weeks I will have the privilege to play Mrs. Roxie Hart in the Broadway Musical “Chicago” 🌹🎶

This has been a dream acting role of mine since I saw the Chicago Musical for the first time when I was 15 and I want to say Thank You to everyone who has supported my Broadway career because I wouldn’t be able to act in my dream role without the support!

Next Time You See Me Will Be On Stage!

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yourmama: my darling will be on broadway (again!)

username1: I JUST BOUGHT TICKETS FOR A SHOW!

username2: my favorite broadway actress will be playing my favorite broadway role… i can’t believe it!

joeyb_9: congratulations i’m so proud ❤️

yourinstagram: ❤️❤️❤️

yourinstagram story updates

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yourinstagram: CHICAGO! 🎵 CHICAGO!

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username1: I CAN’T WAIT TO SEE YOU ON STAGE!

username2: i read the caption in the tone of Trini Vega from Victorious when she did her musical audition.

↳ username3: that’s how i read the caption too!

joeyb_9: i’m surprised you didn’t pass out after seeing the broadway musical billboard.

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joeyb_9: #AD My 1st St. Patrick’s Day as part of the @.GuinnessUS family was all about giving back. Thanks to @.CityHarvestNYC for hosting @.JoeMontana and me.

Head to GivesBack.Guinness.com to pledge your time and get involved. #guinness1million #guinnessgivesback

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username1: two legends in one photo!

username2: TWO Joes is TOO much TO handle!

Guinnessus: Welcome to the family Joe! It was a St. Patrick’s Day for the books ☘️

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yourinstagram: my first Chicago Show is Tonight 🌹

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yourmama: good luck darling 🤍

username1: SEE YOU ON STAGE TONIGHT!

username2: YOU’RE GOING TO DO GREAT!

joeyb_9: i can’t wait to watch my new favorite broadway show tonight!

↳ yourinstagram: i still can’t believe you’ve never attended a broadway show before dating me?!

Author’s Note:

this Instagram AU is shorter than the usual length of my Instagram AUs… but it’s one of my favorite IG AU that i’ve written!

if you have a Instagram AU request, please send the IG AU request to my Inbox and i’ll try to get the requested Instagram AU published as fast as i can!

thank you all for the love and support! 🤍

[deangirlsstuff67]

Luck of the Irish

Beau Arlen x Reader

Authors note: Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone! Just a little Beau fluff before some smutty goodness. This man would be so much fun to have arrest me. Hope you enjoy your day and be safe ♡

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St. Patrick's Day. It's almost as bad as Halloween for anyone in law enforcement. The one day a year everyone believes their Irish, and everyone gets drunk disorderly charges.

This was Beau Arlen's first one as acting sheriff in Helena, Montana. So far, nothing was too serious. Kids partying in the country, couple drunks started early today and were already in the holding cells. Nothing he couldn't handle.

Jenny Hoyt comes into his office, "hey Beau, we got a domestic in progress."

Great. Well, his easy day just ended. Grabbing his cowboy hat off his desk he follows the blonde out to her truck.

"What we looking at Hoyt?"

"Nothing that can't be defused. I know the woman, y/n, she's a local bartender. Sounds like her jerk of an ex has shown up drunk out of his mind, and she's got him standing at the end of her rifle."

Good grief. Some guys need to learn to take a hint. Jenny gives him the low down on their very messy and public breakup. Typical story, he couldn't keep his dick in his pants, and she found out. Now he's back begging for another second chance.

Got to admit, knowing y/n isn't letting him get away with what he did to her shows she's strong.

It's as you'd expect when Beau and Jenny get on scene. A tall blonde, obviously drunk, man is swaying back and forth as he talks with his hands. Trying desperately to get back into her pants.

The woman, who he assumes is y/n, is a beautiful brunette. She's hyper focus on her ex boyfriend. The rifle point straight at the guys genitals.

Beau shakes his head with a smirk when he realizes she's not pulling any punches today.

"Jenny this isn't any of your concern. I've got it handled." Y/N says without breaking eye contact with the blonde man.

"That I have no doubt Darling." Beau's deep voice breaks the brunette out of her focus. Drawing her blue eyes to his green ones. God damn she's beautiful.

Apparently, her ex has finally figured out there are more people here. He whips around to face the two officers, "I don't know who you are, but stop hitting on my girl before I knock your lights out."

Looks like blondy has some balls.

"Hello. Names Beau Arlen. I'm the new acting sheriff at the moment." Beau extends his hand out to shake.

Drunken and disorderly glares at it before speaking, "I don't give a shit who you are, get your fucking eyes off my woman asshole."

Y/N is the first to speak, "Jeremy shut the fuck up you idiot." She shakes her head before addresses Jenny and I, "you have to excuse him, he's apparently left his brain cell at home today."

"Baby don't be like that. I swear I didn't mean it, it was an accident."

"Oh yes, you accidentally slipped and your dick just fell into her vagina right?"

Beau couldn't help but laugh. It honestly had to be the best thing he's ever heard from a woman. Of course, Beau laughing pissed off the man standing in front of him. So much so that he made the mistake of trying to swing at the sheriff.

It took Beau two well practiced moves to have the drunk idiot on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his back.

Jenny took the man to her truck, leaving Beau and y/n alone.

"I had it handled." Y/N sassed while lowering her weapon. Beau couldn't while the smile off his face.

"I have no doubt. But what kind of gentleman would I be if I didn't help a pretty lady such as yourself?"

"Pretty lady hey?"

Beau nodded and bit his lower lip. He knows he should be the attracted to someone he is dealing with in a professional capacity. Something about the fierce brunette has him rock hard in his blue jeans.

No other words are spoken between the two as she walks up to him. Rising on her tip toes to bring her lips to his. The kiss is hot, desperate, and passionate. When she breaks away, he's left craving more.

"Must be luck of the Irish that you were here to help me then, sheriff."

With that she walks back into her house. Leaving Beau wanting more and her drunken ex swearing in the backseat.

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st. patrick's day

Saint Patrick's Day! Green beer, green clothes, parades and corned beef and cabbage for all! In America, we have a lot of traditions associated with St. Pat's Day and a pleasure in celebrating them whether we're Irish or not - heck, even whether we understand them or not.

So let's take a look at some of the ways we celebrate and what we get wrong - and right.

To start with the man himself, Saint Patrick wasn't Irish. Patrick grew up on the Britain side of things. This doesn't make him British however. At the time, the Isle of Britain was run, mostly, by the Romans and letters from Patrick that have survived see him not only writing them in Latin but signing them as Patricius. Whether he was Roman by birth is still a mystery to this day but his family is believed to have been part of the Roman aristocracy. At sixteen, he was kidnapped and ended up in slavery as a shepherd in Ireland before eventually escaping back to Britain. After receiving training however, he returned to Ireland as a missionary and the rest is - well, not history but certainly lore.

There's some speculation, in fact, that the Saint Patrick of myth was actually two men. Saint Patrick the escaped slave and a bishop sent by Pope Celestine in 431 named Palladius to support the 'Irish believing in Christ' that already lived there.

Did he, or they, at least drive out the snakes? Legend says that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland and the island has been slither free since. The truth is - according to fossil records, Ireland never had any snakes to drive out. Ireland was under an ice sheet up until the last glacial period and after that it was safely surrounded by water. To save a little bit of the story, some historians believe 'driving out the snakes' was more of a metaphor for driving out the pagan religions of that time instead.

But we totally wear green to avoid getting pinched! Right? Actually - yes. Though the pinching is supposed to come from mischievous leprechauns, not your over-enthusiastic siblings. Apparently, leprechauns can't see you if you're wearing green and therefore, they can't pinch what they can't see. Given our decorations featuring the little people dressed all in green, you'd think that would make it hard for them to find each other but - not really. You see, traditionally - leprechauns wore red.

The pot of gold, sometimes at the end of the rainbow though - that's real(ish).

So is the leprechauns' strange blind spot with green why everything's green on St. Pat's Day? Not really. Green is associated with Ireland, the Emerald Isle, these days but for most of its history, Ireland, and St. Patrick's, color - was blue. Green recently came into prominence during Ireland's struggle with England. Green came to be associated with the Irish side of things and wearing green was a way to show which side of that you were on. The green beer/food though? That's entirely an American thing.

Speaking of green beer, the drinking is an American thing as well. Or, at least, the 'this is a traditional part of the holiday'. In Ireland, Saint Patrick's Day has long been a Catholic religious holiday - and it also happens to fall in the middle of Lent. Originally, the day had a lot more to do with going to church than to the local pub. Which isn't to say no one in Ireland celebrates the holiday with a drink. 'Drowning the shamrock' involved pouring whiskey over a shamrock in the bottom of a glass. The whiskey is then drunk and the soaked plant is thrown over your left shoulder to complete the tradition - and get you some extra luck.

Shamrocks being considered lucky is a part of the holiday. Called 'seamroy' by the ancient Celts, the shamrock was considered a sacred plant. St. Patrick was also supposed to have used the three leaves of the plant to explain the Trinity during his sermons. Like the clover, finding a four leaf shamrock is good luck and five leaves promises a future of vast wealth!

So, yes, a lot of our St. Pat's Day traditions aren't exactly... traditional. Don't discount them or their importance however. Many of the ways we celebrate St. Patrick's Day today are the direct results of Irish immigrants to America. The parades, the corned beef and cabbage, the celebration of Irish traditions - those were all created in the mid to late 1800s by Irish Americans that wanted to celebrate their heritage. So don't feel bad for indulging in a day of parties and eating your favorite food.

Just remember to cut a cross in your soda buns to 'let the devil out' before putting them in the oven to bake for the holiday.

[random-mailbox]

Random-Mailbox's Favorite Sailor Moon Fics - Week 50 - Locked In

This week’s post is all about being locked in places together - be it various closets, elevators or islands. Thank you to @goddessalthena for being my gif fairy godmother 😘

Just wanted give everyone a heads up that I have only 2 more currently planned posts left to make it to the full 52 weeks. I still have some other ideas/lists and will share those at a later date, but this seemed to be a nice round milestone. I really hope you enjoyed these and discovered stories and authors, and maybe even got some new favourites. 

As always, my apologies in advance for spoiling some of these for you (Fic Titles are linked to either FFN or AO3 entries).

Seven Minutes in Heaven - @idesofnovember

Mini collection of stories throughout the original anime run where Usagi and Mamoru keep ending up in the closet together, at first because of fate or luck and later because of their meddling friends. 

Seven Minutes - colormeferret

A cute little reveal story where our duo getting stuck together in the closet during a game plays a big part. 

One Month: Trapped - @sailorsilverladybug

I am going to start with a disclaimer: there are a lot of stranded on an island stories between AO3 and FFN, and one of the themes that runs through is non-consensual intimacy. This particular story is not an exception, but what sets this one apart, and the reason why I included it on the list, is because there is a lot of discussion about consequences and legitimising of feelings for those impacted by the choices of others. Please make sure to check the tags and read the author's note before starting. 

Motoki and (some of) the girls decide that to stop Usagi and Mamoru from arguing they need to kidnap them and leave them on a deserted island for a month to get over their hostility for the good of the world (at least that’s Rei and Minako’s reasoning).

Intentionally Trapped - @ninjettetwitch

After having an absolutely horrible day at work, Mamoru decides to still go to Minako’s party only to blow up at Usagi because of his bad mood. Leading a very stern chat in a stopped elevator followed by a steamy make-up. 

Game Night - @riverlethe

Minako decides that they deserve a night off and best way to have fun is a game “night” at the arcade, where an increasing number of participants eventually includes Mamoru. Running out of games to play, Unazuki eventually suggests “7 Minutes in Heaven”. 

11 Hours - @floraone

This story is based around a study which postulated that with a specific set of questions and at least 4 hours together, two people can start falling in love. In this multi-chapter, our protagonists get stuck in an elevator, discovering things about their past, likes and dislikes, working through social anxiety and preconceived notions.  

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That's it for this week! Two remaining posts will be as follows:

September 4 - Furniture

September 11 - Crystal Tokyo

Here are the links to the previous Tumblr posts in these series to explore more amazing works based on different themes - make sure to check them out if you haven't had a chance! (Click on title name to go to the post) - I will keep updating the list every week as new posts come up:

Week 1 - Groundhog Day

Week 2 - Established Relationships

Week 3 - Sex Positivity

Week 4 - Unfinished Stories

Week 5 - Darker Stories

Week 6 - Potions 🧪

Week 7 - Reveals

Week 8 - 👻Halloween🎃

Week 9 - Wrong Perceptions

Week 10 - Non-Senshi AU

Week 11 - In-Progress Fics

Week 12 - Mutual Pining

Week 13 - Enemies to Lovers

Week 14 - Slow Burn

Week 15 - Christmas Part 1 - Ugly Christmas Sweaters and Santa!

Week 16 - Christmas Part 2

Week 17 - New Years

Week 18 - High School AU

Week 19 - Slice of Life

Week 20 - Coffee shop AU

Week 21 - Huddle for Warmth

Week 22 - Friends to Lovers

Week 23 - ❤️Valentines Day❤️

Week 24 - Do a Grouch a Favour Day (or Cheer Up Fics)

Week 25 - Soulmate AU

Week 26 - Amnesia Fics (and resources)

Week 27 - 🍀St Patrick's Day🍀

Week 28 - Fix it Fics

Week 29 - Prompt: Mug

Week 30 - Flowers

Week 31 - Traditions

Week 32 - Dreams

Week 33 - Friends

Week 34 - Body-Swap

Week 35 - Medical Assistance

Week 36 - Sex Pollen

Week 37 - Psychometry

Week 38 - What If

Week 39 - Missing Scenes Part I

Week 40 - Green Jacket

Week 41 - Dr Chiba

Week 42 - Birthdays

Week 43 - Fluff

Week 44 - First Kiss

Week 45 - Reviving Shitennou

Week 46 - Tutoring

Week 47 - Thunderstorms

Week 48 - Food

Week 49 - Proposals

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What ethnicity is your Kitty?

Black Irish! Many people headcanon her as Black or atleast biracial because of her hair looking like dreadlocks and I decided to go with that too. As for why she’s now Irish, since Johnny’s often associated with bad luck, I made Kitty associated with good luck specifically having a shamrocks theme, which is considered a huge good luck symbol as well as the symbol of Ireland🇮🇪 The country and its many stories, symbols and folklore are often associated with luck!!!☘️🍀

What ethnicity do you imagine Kitty or the other ghosts have? I’d love to know💖

[draconicocelot]

airplane, musical notes, sleeping sign, christmas tree, hamburger, hot beverage, face with monocle, smiling face w glasses, for arlin, mordecai, and amira :3

✈️ AIRPLANE — does your oc like traveling, or do they consider themselves a more homey person?

Arlin: While he doesn’t necessarily consider himself much of a traveller by choice, his job does require him to travel around the world, which he thinks keeps things interesting.

Mordecai: He loves to travel and does so all the time. The performances he does require him to move to different locations, but traveling is made even better if he goes with people he cares about.

Amira: She does enjoy traveling every now and then, but mostly prefers to stay home with her family.

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

Arlin: He’s mostly a fan of classical (orchestral) and he listens to music a lot.

Mordecai: There’s not a type of music Mordecai doesn’t like, and he listens to music throughout most of the day everyday (he also sings and dances professionally).

Amira: Pop music and classic rock are her favorites, and she listens to music often (sings to it out loud quite a bit as well).

💤 SLEEPING SIGN — is your oc a light sleeper or a heavy sleeper? how are their sleeping habits?

Arlin: Definitely a light sleeper, he has to be ready to wake up at any indication of danger (which isn’t ideal when there is no danger and he wakes up over the smallest noises lmao)

Mordecai: It depends, but usually more on the deep sleeper side.

Amira: Light sleeper with the occasional luck of being a deep sleeper. She is used to waking up from nightmares (or helping Ethan with his).

🎄 CHRISTMAS TREE — what is your oc's favorite holiday?

Arlin: Not a fan of holidays, but St. Patrick’s Day has awesome music and fun vibes so that’s what he would choose (no it’s not because he’s Irish that’s just a funny coincidence lmao)

Mordecai: All holidays honestly, but definitely the bigger ones like Christmas and Halloween.

Amira: Halloween, she loves horror lmao

🍔 HAMBURGER — is your oc good at cooking? are they good at baking? which one do they prefer?

Arlin: He’s not great at baking, but he’s a decent cook. He can make dishes with just about any ingredients you throw at him (whether they are good or not is another story)

Mordecai: He can barely make a box of mac and cheese let alone bake skdhd. Ordering pizza it is.

Amira: She is quite good at both cooking and baking, but likes the satisfaction of feeding her loved ones with cooking more than making baked goods.

☕️ HOT BEVERAGE — does your oc prefer coffee, tea, hot chocolate, milk, water, or some other drink? how do they like to take this drink (ex. coffee with milk, hot chocolate with whipped cream, a specific kind of tea, etc)?

Arlin: He’ll drink coffee but it’s not his favorite. He usually just drinks water, but will sometimes drink tea (mainly with honey and vanilla).

Mordecai: Soda drinker. He thrives off of carbonated beverages, especially the extra sugary kind (Dr.Pepper is his favorite)

Amira: Coffee. Hands down. Needs it and craves it skdhd. She likes it any style but with a little bit of cream is her favorite.

🧐 FACE WITH MONOCLE — is your oc more logical or emotional?

Arlin: He is almost always purely logical, but will make an exception when it comes to his intense jealousy that can effect his actions at times.

Mordecai: He is more on the emotional side but only slightly, 55% emotional vs. 45% logical.

Amira: Emotional, leads with her heart first in almost every decision and thought.

🤓 SMILING FACE WITH GLASSES — is your oc chatty or quiet? are they at ease in social situations, or are they more shy?

Arlin: V e r y quiet. Some people don’t even know what his voice sounds like, and he is terribly shy. There are only a few people he’s not awkward around (and they can be counted on one hand).

Mordecai: Social butterfly, so definitely chatty, but not to an annoying point. He loves talking to people and is very charming, the type to be everyone’s friend, so he is very smooth in social situations.

Amira: She is also quite chatty and good with people. Walking ray of sunshine that loves to listen to others and make new friends (unless she’s in a bad mood, then no one wants to be around her skdjd - other than Ethan of course).

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A St. Patrick's Day parade-goer in New York is festooned with many a shamrock but nary a four-leaf clover. Photograph By Ruth Fremson/The New York Times/Redux

​Is the shamrock a Myth? The Truth Behind 5 St. Patrick’s Day Symbols

From rivers dyed green to steaming plates of corned beef and cabbage, each of the symbols we associate with St. Paddy’s Day has an origin story worth reading.

— By Erin Blakemore | March 15, 2023

Shamrocks, green beer, and leprechauns are part and parcel of any self-respecting St. Patrick’s Day celebration. But how did the traditions we associate with the March 17 holiday become associated with the feast day of a fifth-century missionary? More often than not, the story is one of cultural appropriation sprinkled with a bit of American ingenuity.

Here’s the truth behind five St. Paddy’s Day symbols.

1. Leprechauns

The leprechaun's look has changed through the years—but its image can still be found throughout Ireland like on this leprechaun crossing sign. Photograph By Bo Zaunders, Getty Images

Do you think of a diminutive green sprite with a pot of gold when you think of Ireland? You’re not alone—the leprechaun is one of the most enduring symbols associated with the nation.

But the modern idea of a leprechaun is a far cry from its origins in Irish folklore along with other tales of fictitious fairies and sprites. These supernatural beings were thought to bring good luck to humans and protect them—or tamper with their plans. The oldest written reference to the creature can be found in a medieval story about three sprites who drag the King of Ulster into the ocean.

References to the luchorpán could be found in generations of folk tales, but it took a generation of 19th-century folklorists and poets like William Butler Yeats to popularize the figure outside of Ireland. Even then, the 19th-century leprechaun was a grouchy goblin shoemaker who lived alone, wore red, and jealously guarded treasure—a far cry from the modern leprechaun who wears green, is cheerful, and lives at the end of a rainbow, where he doles out pots of gold and good luck.

This shift is largely thanks to Walt Disney, whose visit to Ireland inspired the 1960s film Darby O’Gill and the Little People, which featured a leprechaun trickster dressed in the more familiar outfit of green pants and coat, yellow waistcoat, and buckled shoes. This and other midcentury representations of leprechauns, like breakfast cereal Lucky Charms’ mascot, Lucky, promulgated Americans’ love of the small figures.

2. Shamrocks

A display entitled "Orchestra of Light" features a swarm of 500 drones animated in the night sky above the Samuel Beckett Bridge on the River Liffey for St. Patrick's Day in Dublin, Ireland. Photograph By Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters/Redux

Shamrocks—a three-leafed clover long associated with Ireland—are indelibly associated with St. Paddy’s day. There’s just one problem: they don’t exist in real life. “The ‘shamrock’ is a mythical plant, a symbol, something that exists as an idea, shape and color rather than a scientific species,” Smithsonian’s Bess Lovejoy explains.

Though a plant called a scoth-shemrach can be found in Irish myths, the name wasn’t linked with clover until the 16th century. Modern legend has it that St. Patrick used the three-leafed plant to explain the Holy Trinity while preaching, but despite attempts to link the real-life figure to the practice, historians agree it’s a fable.

In the 18th century, the mythical plant was taken up as a symbol of Ireland’s push for independence from Britain alongside the color green. Catholic Irish republicans’ uniforms were a green reminiscent of the isle’s grass. Their Protestant enemies adopted orange to express their identification with William of Orange, who overthrew the Catholic king during the so-called “Glorious Revolution” of 1688.

Today, Ireland’s flag contains both colors, but the shamrock in particular has come to represent the nation as a whole—and also appears on the United Kingdom’s royal coat of arms, which includes a rose for England, a thistle for Scotland, and a shamrock for Northern Ireland.

3. Green Beer and Rivers

A boat dyes the Chicago River green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day in Chicago. The process for dying the river takes two crews in two boats: One to dump dye into the river and a chaser boat to mix it all together. Photograph By Reuters/John Gress/Tedux

On St. Patrick’s Day, Ireland’s association with green extends even to beer. Like so many other St. Paddy’s Day traditions, green beer is an American invention. It is thought to have been originated by New York toastmaster and coroner’s physician Thomas H. Curtin, who in March 1914 hosted a St. Patrick’s Day bash that included green decorations and green beer.

Curtin used bluing, a laundry product imbued with blue dye that’s used to brighten up whites, to concoct the drink. These days, people make their own green beer with the help of home food coloring or beer companies who add it to kegs of brew.

Beer isn’t the only thing that turns green on St. Patrick’s Day, though. In 1961, the city of Savannah, Georgia, tried to dye its river green for the holiday. That attempt flopped, but the next year, Chicago succeeded thanks to a plumber’s discovery that a substance used to detect leaks into the Chicago River tinted it a gorgeous Irish green. It’s been turning green for the holiday ever since, thanks to 40-plus pounds of dye that lasts for about five hours.

4. Harps

Ireland's love for the harp dates back to at least the 8th century. Beyond a symbol of St. Patrick's Day, it's also the logo of the Irish government. Photograph By Karol Majek/Getty Images

When Norman chronicler Gerald of Wales traveled to Ireland in the 1180s with members of England’s royal family, he was disgusted by what he called the “barbarous” Irish. But when regaled with music by Irish harpists, he almost changed his mind.

“The only thing to which I find that this people apply a commendable industry is playing upon musical instruments, in which they are more incomparably skilful than any other nation I have ever seen,” he wrote, marveling at the “deep and unspeakable mental delight” of the Irish harp.

By then, the harp was deeply embedded in Irish culture. Stone sculptures in Ireland show harps all the way back to the 8th century, though scholars debate how much they resembled modern instruments.

“The harper was extremely well revered in Gaelic society,” said Irish musicologist Mary Louise O’Donnell in a 2015 talk and recital at the Dublin Central Library. Harpists were part of chieftains’ entourages, creating music to accompany poems about their masters’ greatness.

Over time, the harp became a symbol of national pride. Ireland’s coat of arms includes the instrument, which was also adopted by multiple nationalist and rebel movements throughout the nation’s long history. In 1862, Irish brewing juggernaut Guinness adopted it as part of the company’s logo—and when Ireland became self-governing in 1922, it had to flip the orientation of the harp on its official government logo to avoid running afoul of the brewer’s trademark.

5. Corned Beef and Cabbage

Corned beef and cabbage has become a traditional meal on St. Patrick's Day—but this custom originated in the United States with the arrival of Irish immigrants in the mid-19th century. Photograph By Grandriver, Getty Images

Hungry? You may well eat a big plate of corned beef and cabbage on March 17. But that tradition, too, is American. Beef was actually uncommon in early Ireland, where people preferred pork and beef was only accessible to the richest residents. But over time, Ireland began producing and exporting beef to wealthier England, whose elite preferred cows’ meat.

By the 1600s, beef was Ireland’s biggest export. In 1666, however, English landowners demanded a stop to imports of Irish beef, claiming it competed with their business interests. A series of laws followed, banning Ireland from exporting live cattle to its neighbor. This pushed down the price of Irish beef, so Ireland transformed its beef export industry into a beef preservation industry, using cheaply available salt to create corned beef—so named because of the corn-sized grains of salt used to make it.

Though most of the Irish could not afford their own product, eating potatoes instead of meat, the nation became known for its corned beef. When Irish immigrants flooded into the U.S. in the mid 19th century, they became more prosperous than their predecessors—and they used their newfound money to purchase salted beef brisket from Jewish butchers and deli owners. The “boiled dinner” of corned beef and cheap cabbage has been associated with Irish Americans’ celebration of their heritage ever since.

[liamthemarowak]

This is part two of the St Patrick's day story. It was a good morning at the pokemon village, and Liam and Jack had finished the decorations for the St Patrick's day festival at the pokemon village. "Seems we are finished with those decorations for the festival!" Liam said. "We have worked so hard on creating those decorations, now we need to do is to host our St Patrick's festival, that is the centre of the village." Jack said. "Ok, let's set things up for tomorrow!" Liam said as they went to the centre of the village. At the centre of the village, they could see some beautiful four leaf clovers growing from the grass! "Wow, seems this grass knows that we are hosting a St Patrick's festival! So, let's grab some of the four leaf clovers for decoration!" Jack said as they grabbed some four leaf clovers. They decided to paint the walls with green and put banners on. But Liam thinks that there is something missing to go with the St Patrick's festival. "Hmmmm, I think something is missing." Liam said as thinks of something that could fit. "I know, how about we got a pot of gold!" Jack said. "Good idea, but where can we get it from?" Liam asked. "Maybe we could follow that rainbow over there, maybe we could find that pot of gold!" Jack said as he pointed at the rainbow. "Wow, a rainbow! Good spotting Jack, let's get that pot of gold!" Liam said as they followed the rainbow. At the end of the rainbow, they could see the pot of gold! "Good find there Jack, now let's get that pot of gold!" Liam said as they to grab the pot of gold. Just then, a leprechaun was skipping happily, until he sees Liam and Jack try to get the pot of gold. "Hey, what are you two doing with my pot of gold?!" the leprechaun said. "Uh, we was following the end of the rainbow, and we have found this pot with some gold, and we could take it to the St Patricks festival with us." Jack said. "Well, you could take it if you like, I got a spare one." The leprechaun said. "Thanks! But this is to heavy for the both of us, so I will use my stone element to lift it up lightly and making sure that gold doesn't fall out." Liam said as he carries the pot of gold with the stone element. "Good luck with your St Patrick's festival! Now I need to find my spare pot of gold." The leprechaun said as he skips happily to find that spare pot of gold of his. Back at the centre of the village, Liam placed the Pot of Gold in the middle of the park. "Looks like this festival is set, now all we need to do is to have some flyers so the pokemon village knows that we are hosting a St Patricks festival!" Jack said as Liam and Jack made some flyers and hang them everywhere in the village. "Ok, let's wait for tomorrow and do our festival!" Liam said. The next day, Liam and Jack are getting prepared for the St Patrick's festival. "Ok Jack, are you ready?" Liam said. "Yep, I'm ready for it, let's go!" Jack said as they went to the centre of the village. They opened up the park's gates and they let everyone in for the St Patrick's festival. "Welcome to our St Patrick Festival, where could listen to our music, and have some good food, and don't forget to visit the pot of gold and make a wish!" Liam said. "Well, let's get ourselves a shamrock shake, because they are my favourite!" Jack said as Liam and Jack grab themselves a shamrock shake. They also visited the pot of gold, and made a wish. They sure are having a great time at their own St Patrick's festival! Just then, the mayor of the pokemon village visited Liam and Jack, and he was amazed of what Liam and Jack have created. "Wow, did you make all of this?" The Mayor said. "Yes, we have decorated the St Patrick's decorations and also have a pot of gold in the middle of the park!" Liam said. "That's great, maybe I could give you some St Patrick's day badges for your good work at making this beautiful festival!" The Mayor as he gives Liam and Jack the St Patrick's day badges. "Wow, thank you very much for that! Now we could be able to celebrate this even more, so let's listen to some good music!" Jack said as they danced to the music and celebrate with their awesome dance moves.

Liam The Marowak and Jack The Cubone belongs to Me

Pokemon Belongs to Nintendo and Game Freak

[goodvibesatpeace]

St Patrick's Day

On the field of green, where shamrocks bloom,

Lies a day of luck, St. Patrick's in full bloom.

In the land of Erin, a joyful sight,

A celebration of heritage, a dazzling light.

Festive parades, and dancing feet,

A sea of green, from every street.

Laughs and cheers, a happy crowd,

As the leprechauns dance, with a merry sound.

For it is their day, the luck of the Irish,

A time to celebrate, and be merry and cherish.

For they are the guardians, of fortune and gold,

Hidden away in rainbows, with stories untold.

Their mischievous grins, and twinkling eyes,

A symbol of mischief and cunning guise.

But on this day, they're filled with glee,

Spreading joy and luck, for all to see.

With pots of gold, and clovers of four,

They bring good fortune, knocking on your door.

But only if you believe, in their magic and charm,

Will you be blessed, with luck and no harm.

So raise your glass, of Irish whiskey,

And toast to St. Patrick, for all he's given us so quickly.

For the land of green, and the leprechaun's glee,

Is a reminder of luck, and how lucky we can be.

So on this St. Patrick's Day, let's sing and dance,

And embrace the joy, of this festive chance.

For the luck of the Irish, is within our reach,

And may it bless us all, beyond our wildest dream.

And as the day ends, with the setting sun,

We'll hold on to the memories, of a day well done.

For St. Patrick's Day, is a golden pot,

Filled with happiness and luck, we'll never forgot.

[poem-today]

A poem for St. Patrick's Day by James Clarence Mangan

Woman of Three Cows

O woman of Three Cows, agra! don’t let your tongue thus rattle! O, don’t be saucy, don’t be stiff, because you may have cattle. I have seen - and, here’s my hand to you, I only say what’s true - A many a one with twice your stock not half so proud as you.

Good luck to you, don’t scorn the poor, and don’t be their despiser, For worldly wealth soon melts away, and cheats the very miser, And Death soon strips the proudest wreath from haughty human brows; Then don’t be stiff, and don’t be proud, good Woman of Three Cows!

See where Momonia’s heroes lie, proud Owen More’s descendants, ’Tis they that won the glorious name, and had the grand attendants! If they were forced to bow to Fate, as every mortal bows, Can you be proud, can you be stiff, my Woman of Three Cows!

The brave sons of the Lord of Clare, they left the land to mourning; Mavrone! for they were banished, with no hope of their returning Who knows in what abodes of want those youths were driven to house? Yet you can give yourself these airs, O Woman of Three Cows!

O, think of Donnell of the Ships, the Chief whom nothing daunted See how he fell in distant Spain, unchronicled, unchanted! He sleeps, the great O’Sullivan, where thunder cannot rouse - Then ask yourself, should you be proud, good Woman of Three Cows!

O’Ruark, Maguire, those souls of fire, whose names are shrined in story Think how their high achievements once made Erin’s highest glory Yet now their bones lie mouldering under weeds and cypress boughs, And so, for all your pride, will yours, O Woman of Three Cows!

The O’Carrolls, also, famed when Fame was only for the boldest, Rest in forgotten sepulchres with Erin’s best and oldest; Yet who so great as they of yore in battle or carouse? just think of that, and hide your head, good Woman of Three Cows!

Your neighbour’s poor, and you, it seems, are big with vain ideas, Because, inagh! you’ve got three cows - one more,! see, than she has. That tongue of yours wags more at times than Charity allows, But if you’re strong, be merciful, great Woman of Three Cows!

Now, there you go! You still, of course, keep up your scornful bearing, And I’m too poor to hinder you; but, by the cloak I’m wearing, If I had but four cows myself, even though you were my spouse, I’d thwack you well to cure your pride, my Woman of Three Cows!

James Clarence Mangan (1803-1849)

Image: Figure of a Young Woman in a Landscape by Jack Butler Yeats RHA (1871-1957) Indian ink and watercolour

Author image: Memorial bust of Mangan in St. Stephen's Green, sculpted by Oliver Sheppard

Mangan, who claimed to have translated his poem from the Irish, wrote: This ballad, which is of a homely cast, was intended as a rebuke to the saucy pride of a woman in humble life, who assumed airs of consequence from being the possessor of three cows. Its author's name is unknown, but its age can be determined, from the language, as belonging to the early part of the seventeenth century. That it was formerly very popular in Munster, may be concluded from the fact, that the phrase. "Easy, oh, woman of the three cows!" has become a saying in that province, on any occasion upon which it is desirable to lower the pretensions of a boastful or consequential person.

[foggypainterstudentfmp]

Focused Research (Wider World Issues)

These are some of the most obvious issues that came to mind that I thought about some are big and some are small but here is what I thought about:

This isn't particularly an issue in the world but it could be conterversial or wrong in some countries- I am referring to the colour of luck as some countries believe the colour of luck is different for example in China they believe it is red and in India its orange and Thailand its yellow. So they might not understand why the character is green when leprechauns are supposed to be lucky as in their culture the leprechauns if they are supposed to be wearing a lucky colour should wear yellow, orange or red.

Source: Lucky Colours From Around The World | Mecca Bingo

Linking to this some countries won't know what a leprechaun is as they are less likely to know about Irish Mythology so they won't know what a leprechaun is and why it brings luck so if this game is played by people from the eastern world they might not understand what one is making it less accessible to them as they won't understand why the leprechaun wants to collect gold and why he dosen't like clovers. Although it would be recieved well with the western world as they understand what a leprechaun is and why it brings luck and the basis of the story behind them as events like St Patricks Day are big in mainly Ireland and USA and England and Scotland are less likely to celebrate St Patricks but they know what leprechauns are as we are the closest countries to Ireland and word of them has spread like with Scotland and the Loch Ness.

Another issue is that I am including alcahol in my game as a power up but I am choosing not to advertise the fact and call it Bitter Juice but people could still claim that it is alchaol so this can be quite contervesial with people as firstly it is banned in some religions like Islam, Jainisim, Sikhs and some Buddhists. Also I don't want to advertise it in a positive light to people who may suffer from drinking problems or to children as alcohol as being a good thing because it is addictive and can cause a lot of physical damage and dosen't help peoples mental health either and it is also a temptation which in religious groups you aren't allowed to give into as it is a sin. This is why I have decided to call it Bitter Juice so it is supposed to be alcohol but in disguise of a different name so it dosen't actually advertise the fact of alcohol so it should be okay for all these groups of people.

Another issue could be guns as I am thinking about using a gun power up in my game. Gun violence is obviously a big problem and we don't want to be showing children guns or violence so early on in their lives so they feel its a normality hence why there is PEGI restrictions but my game using a gun should be okay as it is fantasy violence as you are shooting clovers and the gun is not going to look like a real gun so it should be ok as a PEGI 12 and it shouldn't promote violence as it is all fantasy violence.

I suppose being colour blind could be an issue as my game uses a lot of colours especially green and their is a very common and specific strain of colourblindness which makes greens replaced with blues called tritanopia and I suppose people with complete colour blindness: monochromatisim would be affected but I cannot help that as they cannot see colour full stop so it dosen't really affect them whether it has colour or not as they cannot be helped to see colour at all. For the people have tritanopia I could give them an overlay but I will need to do further research to see what one they need.

[ambience2023]

St Patrick’s Day

            In honor of St Patrick’s Day and our Irish people I would like to give some insight on three important things concerning the Irish life. One of these are true whereas the other two are myths.

The Claddagh ring is a ring where the hands are together with a heart to demonstrate the love of the couple. The hands symbolize friendship and the crown on the heart symbolizes loyalty. The ring was named for a fishing village in the 17th Century named Galway.

A pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is a myth. The story goes on to tell how Viking’s who lived in Ireland stole valuables and buried the items throughout Ireland. Leprechauns found the stolen valuables that were buried and became the owners by guarding them because they were stolen. The buried the valuables and called t gold. The myth is that the rainbow is where the pot of gold is.

The last input is the four-leaf clover’s myth of they bring you luck.  The four-leaf clover is rare. It’s called purple grass derived in approximate 1640 and is good for the purple in us.

[brookston]

Holidays 11.28

Holidays

Auto Race Day

Bedfordshire Day (UK)

Bukovina Day (Romania)

Constitution Day (Abkhazia)

Decorate Your Dog Day

Feast of the Miraculous Medal

Flag Day (Albania, Kosovo)

Giving News Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Heroes’ Day (Sri Lanka)

Honey Day (French Republic)

Hōonkō (Japan)

Hug a Furry Day

International Day of the Mediterranean

It’s Letter Writing Day

Make Your Own Head Day

Molossaphone Day (Republic of Molossia)

National Alan Day

National Big Time Rush Day

National Cole Day

National Day of the Deaf (Mexico)

National Madison Day

National Patrick Day

Nice Knee-High Socks Day (Japan)

Navy Day (Iran)

Red Planet Day

Republic Day (Burundi; Chad; Congo)

Royal Society Day

Skywriting Day

World Compassion Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cake Remembrance Day (Cakeland)

National French Toast Day

4th & Last Tuesday in November

Crypto Giving Tuesday [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Giving Tuesday [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

National Day of Mourning (United American Indians of New England) [4th Tuesday]

Strange Names Day [Last Tuesday]

Throw Out Your Leftovers Day [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Travel Deal Tuesday [Last Tuesday]

Independence Days

Albania (from the Ottoman Empire, 1912)

East Timor (from Portugal, 1975)

Francisville (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

Hawaii (from France & UK; 1843)

Mauritania (from France, 1960)

Panama (from Spain, 1821)

Westland Province Day (New Zealand)

Feast Days

Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste (Christian; Saint)

Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í)

Blue Cheese Day (Pastafarian)

Catherine Labouré (Christian; Saint)

Emma (Anglican Church of Hawaii)

Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii)

Herman of Alaska (The anniversary of his actual death; Eastern Orthodox)

James of the Marches (Christian; Saint)

Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA))

Moltar Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Our Lady of Kibeho (Christian; Saint)

Gregory III, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Morris Lewis (Artology)

Rufus (No. 8; Christian; Saint)

The Rural Dionysia (Fertility Festival to Dionysus; Ancient Greece)

Sophia’s Day (Pagan)

Space Ghost Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Stephen the Younger (Christian; Saint)

Waldo Woodpecker (Muppetism)

Washington (Positivist; Saint)

William Blake (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 22 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [22 of 24]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [65 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 55 of 60)

Premieres

The Banker’s Daughter (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Before I Disappear (Film; 2014)

Bob the Builder (Kids TV Series; 1998)

Briefcase Full of Blues, by The Blues Brothers (Album; 1978)

Cats A-Weigh! (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

Chip an’ Dale (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

A Christmas Carol (Film; 1951)

Christmas Time Is Here Again, by The Beatles (Fan Club Song; 1967)

Circus, by Britney Spears (Album; 2008)

The Continental Op, by Dashiell Hammett (Short Stories; 1930)

The CooCoo Nut Grove (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Down to Earth or Me and My Shatter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 130; 1961)

Elvis: the Musical (London Musical; 1977)

Flight 714 to Sydney, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1968) [Tintin #22]

Grand Ole Opry (Radio/TV Music Series; 1925)

The Group, by Mary McCarthy (Novel; 1963)

Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (WB MM Cartoon; 1931)

The Imitation Game (Film; 2014)

I Would Die 4 U, by Prince (Song; 1984)

Many a Thousand Gone or The Haul of Fame (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 129; 1961)

Meet Me in St. Louis (Film; 1944)

Misty of Chincoteague, by Marguerite Henry (Novel; 1947)

Nagina (Film; 1986)

Paddington (Film; 2014)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, “The Emperor Concerto,” by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Concerto; 1811)

Three Little Beers (Three Stooges short film; 1935)

Today’s Name Days

Berta, Gunther, Jakob (Austria)

Držislav, Jakov (Croatia)

René (Czech Republic)

Magdalene, Sophie (Denmark)

Laima, Niina, Raima (Estonia)

Heini, Kaisla (Finland)

Jacques (France)

Albrecht, Berta, Jakob (Germany)

Irinarhos (Greece)

Stefánia (Hungary)

Fausta (Italy)

Lukrēcija, Olita, Rīta, Vita (Latvia)

Rimgaudas, Rufas, Vakarė (Lithuania)

Ruben, Rut (Norway)

Gościrad, Grzegorz, Jakub, Lesław, Lesława, Rufin, Zdzisław (Poland)

Irinarh, Stefan (Romania)

Henrieta (Slovakia)

Catalina, Jaime, Santiago, Urbano (Spain)

Malte (Sweden)

Rad, Radomyr (Ukraine)

Nola, Nolan, Nolana, Norton (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 332 of 2024; 33 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 48 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 16 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 15 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 15 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 2 Zima; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 15 November 2023

Moon: 98%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Frederic (12th Month) [Washington]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 66 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 7 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Ruis (Elder) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 13 of 13]

[brookstonalmanac]

Holidays 11.28

Holidays

Auto Race Day

Bedfordshire Day (UK)

Bukovina Day (Romania)

Constitution Day (Abkhazia)

Decorate Your Dog Day

Feast of the Miraculous Medal

Flag Day (Albania, Kosovo)

Giving News Day

Gone-ta-Pott Day [every 28th]

Heroes’ Day (Sri Lanka)

Honey Day (French Republic)

Hōonkō (Japan)

Hug a Furry Day

International Day of the Mediterranean

It’s Letter Writing Day

Make Your Own Head Day

Molossaphone Day (Republic of Molossia)

National Alan Day

National Big Time Rush Day

National Cole Day

National Day of the Deaf (Mexico)

National Madison Day

National Patrick Day

Nice Knee-High Socks Day (Japan)

Navy Day (Iran)

Red Planet Day

Republic Day (Burundi; Chad; Congo)

Royal Society Day

Skywriting Day

World Compassion Day

Food & Drink Celebrations

Cake Remembrance Day (Cakeland)

National French Toast Day

4th & Last Tuesday in November

Crypto Giving Tuesday [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Giving Tuesday [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

National Day of Mourning (United American Indians of New England) [4th Tuesday]

Strange Names Day [Last Tuesday]

Throw Out Your Leftovers Day [Tuesday after Thanksgiving]

Travel Deal Tuesday [Last Tuesday]

Independence Days

Albania (from the Ottoman Empire, 1912)

East Timor (from Portugal, 1975)

Francisville (Declared; 2008) [unrecognized]

Hawaii (from France & UK; 1843)

Mauritania (from France, 1960)

Panama (from Spain, 1821)

Westland Province Day (New Zealand)

Feast Days

Acacius, Hirenarchus, and companions, of Sebaste (Christian; Saint)

Ascension of `Abdu'l-Bahá (Bahá'í)

Blue Cheese Day (Pastafarian)

Catherine Labouré (Christian; Saint)

Emma (Anglican Church of Hawaii)

Feast of the Holy Sovereigns (Episcopal Diocese of Hawaii)

Herman of Alaska (The anniversary of his actual death; Eastern Orthodox)

James of the Marches (Christian; Saint)

Kamehameha and Emma (Episcopal Church (USA))

Moltar Day (Church of the SubGenius)

Our Lady of Kibeho (Christian; Saint)

Gregory III, Pope (Christian; Saint)

Morris Lewis (Artology)

Rufus (No. 8; Christian; Saint)

The Rural Dionysia (Fertility Festival to Dionysus; Ancient Greece)

Sophia’s Day (Pagan)

Space Ghost Day (Church of the SubGenius; Saint)

Stephen the Younger (Christian; Saint)

Waldo Woodpecker (Muppetism)

Washington (Positivist; Saint)

William Blake (Artology)

Lucky & Unlucky Days

Dismal Day (Unlucky or Evil Day; Medieval Europe; 22 of 24)

Egyptian Day (Unlucky Day; Middle Ages Europe) [22 of 24]

Lucky Day (Philippines) [65 of 71]

Sensho (先勝 Japan) [Good luck in the morning, bad luck in the afternoon.]

Umu Limnu (Evil Day; Babylonian Calendar; 55 of 60)

Premieres

The Banker’s Daughter (Disney Cartoon; 1927)

Before I Disappear (Film; 2014)

Bob the Builder (Kids TV Series; 1998)

Briefcase Full of Blues, by The Blues Brothers (Album; 1978)

Cats A-Weigh! (WB MM Cartoon; 1953)

Chip an’ Dale (Disney Cartoon; 1947)

A Christmas Carol (Film; 1951)

Christmas Time Is Here Again, by The Beatles (Fan Club Song; 1967)

Circus, by Britney Spears (Album; 2008)

The Continental Op, by Dashiell Hammett (Short Stories; 1930)

The CooCoo Nut Grove (WB MM Cartoon; 1936)

Down to Earth or Me and My Shatter (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 130; 1961)

Elvis: the Musical (London Musical; 1977)

Flight 714 to Sydney, by Hergé (Graphic Novel; 1968) [Tintin #22]

Grand Ole Opry (Radio/TV Music Series; 1925)

The Group, by Mary McCarthy (Novel; 1963)

Hittin’ the Trail for Hallelujah Land (WB MM Cartoon; 1931)

The Imitation Game (Film; 2014)

I Would Die 4 U, by Prince (Song; 1984)

Many a Thousand Gone or The Haul of Fame (Rocky & Bullwinkle Cartoon, S3, Ep. 129; 1961)

Meet Me in St. Louis (Film; 1944)

Misty of Chincoteague, by Marguerite Henry (Novel; 1947)

Nagina (Film; 1986)

Paddington (Film; 2014)

Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-Flat Major, “The Emperor Concerto,” by Ludwig Van Beethoven (Concerto; 1811)

Three Little Beers (Three Stooges short film; 1935)

Today’s Name Days

Berta, Gunther, Jakob (Austria)

Držislav, Jakov (Croatia)

René (Czech Republic)

Magdalene, Sophie (Denmark)

Laima, Niina, Raima (Estonia)

Heini, Kaisla (Finland)

Jacques (France)

Albrecht, Berta, Jakob (Germany)

Irinarhos (Greece)

Stefánia (Hungary)

Fausta (Italy)

Lukrēcija, Olita, Rīta, Vita (Latvia)

Rimgaudas, Rufas, Vakarė (Lithuania)

Ruben, Rut (Norway)

Gościrad, Grzegorz, Jakub, Lesław, Lesława, Rufin, Zdzisław (Poland)

Irinarh, Stefan (Romania)

Henrieta (Slovakia)

Catalina, Jaime, Santiago, Urbano (Spain)

Malte (Sweden)

Rad, Radomyr (Ukraine)

Nola, Nolan, Nolana, Norton (USA)

Today is Also…

Day of Year: Day 332 of 2024; 33 days remaining in the year

ISO: Day 2 of week 48 of 2023

Celtic Tree Calendar: Ruis (Elder) [Day 1 of 28]

Chinese: Month 10 (Gui-Hai), Day 16 (Geng-Yin)

Chinese Year of the: Rabbit 4721 (until February 10, 2024)

Hebrew: 15 Kislev 5784

Islamic: 15 Jumada I 1445

J Cal: 2 Zima; Twosday [2 of 30]

Julian: 15 November 2023

Moon: 98%: Waning Gibbous

Positivist: 24 Frederic (12th Month) [Washington]

Runic Half Month: Is (Stasis) [Day 3 of 15]

Season: Autumn (Day 66 of 89)

Zodiac: Sagittarius (Day 7 of 30)

Calendar Changes

Ruis (Elder) [Celtic Tree Calendar; Month 13 of 13]

[goldthroughthefire]

Just My... Blessing?

    Guess what? You get me again for this week and for the second day in a row! Aren't you guys lucky? Or should I say blessed? Either way, I know you guys are ecstatic to read my blog again! And yes, I know I should probably eat a big slice of humble pie! LOL Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone, officially! I was a little early yesterday because I didn't think I was going to blog today, but I think it'll be worth it! Especially since I get to share with all you amazing people! Btw, if you're not wearing green today, avoid everyone because this is most likely the day where you will get pinched! LOL This is the day for Leprechauns, green, anything Irish, cornbread and luck! At least, people think it's luck! Some people will say "Just my luck" or "Luck of the Irish" when something good happens. What if luck has nothing to do with it though? Luck means something happens by chance or good fortune, taking God totally out of the equation. Since we all know God is in control, I'm pretty sure luck isn't the right word. Now, is God going to control the dice, so you can win at Yahtzee or some other game? That's here nor there. Maybe, maybe not. Most likely for me though because I'm one of His favorites. LOL Just kidding. What I'm talking about though is something bigger! Let's say you're a shepherd in a field. You have 11 brothers, but your father favors you. He gives you all his love and a multi-colored coat. The brothers get jealous, but what really burns their butts is that you can also interpret dreams. You also worship God and love Him! All of this sends the brothers over the edge and they sell you into slavery. You're sent away to Egypt, your father thinking you're dead because that's what the brothers tell him. All hope seems lost, but then Potiphar, the captain of Pharaoh's guard, bought you. After a while he became intrigued by you and knew something was different. You two become close and he puts you in control of his household. Things seem to be looking up for awhile, but then you get accused by Potiphar's wife for trying to sleep with her. You try to explain it wasn't true, but Potiphar is so mad that he throws you in jail. Things aren't looking good again for you. All that time though, you still worship God. Praising Him, thanking Him, trying not to complain. You still pray even while in a dungeon. All of a sudden, two of Pharaoh's workers,  a cupbearer and a baker, were thrown in jail. They have dreams and they don't understand them. You overhear and say you can interpret dreams. They tell you the dreams and you interpret them. The cupbearer will be set free and the baker, well, let's just say not so lucky. Both dreams came true. The cupbearer was set free. The baker wasn't as fortunate. A few years later, Pharaoh has a dream that he doesn't understand. All of a sudden, the cupbearer remembers you and tells Pharaoh you can interpret dreams. Pharaoh sends for you in jail. They bring you to Pharaoh and he tells you his dream. You say a famine is coming and someone needs to be in charge of the land and the food. Pharaoh is so impressed by you, that he makes you second in command. You'll be in charge of everything right under Pharaoh, helping everyone get through the famine. What just happened? You went from living in a dugeon to living in a palace. In charge of Egypt, hanging out with the Pharaoh!  Luck? I think not. If it wasn't luck, then what was it? I would like to call it a blessing from God! God saw you doing your best and praising Him in the midst of trouble! Still believing for your dreams, even if everything seemed hopeless! And since it was in His will, He made everything happen at the snap of His fingers! By the way, this story is real! You can find the story of Joseph in Genesis 37-50. There's no such thing as luck, unless you want to say it is in a game or something like that. If it's something bigger though, that's God blessing you! He's in control of everything and if it's in His will, He'll make it happen, not chance! He also loves giving gifts to His children! James 1:17 says, "Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows." God will bless you with plenty of things! Especially if it's something you need. If you need finances and you're struggling right now, don't worry, God will bless you in the right time! Place your trust in God, not luck! He will give you everything you need and every dream He put on your heart if we stay in faith! Mathew 6:30-33 says, "If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the fire, will he not much more clothe you—you of little faith? So do not worry, saying, ‘What shall we eat?’ or ‘What shall we drink?’ or ‘What shall we wear?’ For the pagans run after all these things, and your heavenly Father knows that you need them. But seek first his kingdom and his righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well." All we have to do is trust Him, love Him and serve Him, and He will give us everything we need with our dreams! Even if everything seems hopeless, God will get you to where you need to be! I have a disability called Spinal Muscular Atrophy, SMA, which pretty much means my muscles don't work. I can't move, eat and I need a ventilator to help me breathe. When I was diagnosed around six months, the doctors told my parents I would only live to be three or four. All science said I wouldn't make it past then. If I did, then definitely not past seven. Doctors don't have the final say though, God does! Almost 28 years later, I'm still here and going strong when everything else says I shouldn't be! That's not luck, that's God blessing me with good health! He isn't through with me and He isn't through with you! He never will be! If you keep serving Him, loving Him, praising Him, then He will pour His blessings on you! Everything you need and, if it's His will, want will be yours! God is in control! Keep your faith in Him, not luck! Well, I'm out for now friends! While you celebrate St. Patrick's Day, don't forget to put God first no matter what! Until next time!

Lauren