# Is it true "Everyone's Irish on St. Patrick's Day" ? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 1, 2003, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434 "2003-03-01T19:34:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![CuriousCanuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@CuriousCanuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CuriousCanuck)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/41 "2003-03-03T18:31:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by irishgirl \* > \*\*Ice Wolf, isn’t St David Welsh? what with the leeks and daffodils and stuff? > > and St Andrew Scottish? > or am i completely wrong? > > also Uileann (and i KNOW i havn’t spelt that right) pipes are IRISH. > Bag Pipes are SCOTTISH. > > the former sound much nicer than the latter, and completely different… the way a church organ sounds different to a piano. \*\* slight hijack: the pipes heard in Braveheart are Uilleann, not bag… ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/42 "2003-03-03T20:24:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by micilin \* > Your roomie’s off their cake **Butterfly** , ‘Pogue mahone’ is a transliteration of the Irish phrase ‘Pog mo thoin’ (insert fadas where required), and nowhere is it the proper spelling of any Irish words. I already knew my roomie was ‘off his cake’. Who knows? I’m not claiming to be a genius on Gaelic. I only know a few phrases/words and that’s it. I would love to learn more though. Oh and it’s Flutterby btw 😉 And what’s wrong with drunkeness? Wandering down the street singing Tura lura lura at the top of our lungs alternating with The Old Black Rum and Irish Drinking Song… ahh the best part of the day. ---
**Author:** ![\_etalhea](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/_/779978/32.png) [@\_etalhea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/_etalhea)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2003, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/43 "2003-03-03T21:24:30Z")
A couple of points: a) it’s a Catholic holiday, I’m a Pagan 1. I don’t think we’ll ever be able to unravel the history to all of our satisfactions, so I’ve stopped spreading the story about how Pat tried to exterminate the Druids. However, I think it’s safe to say that he wasn’t really happy with them, so I don’t feel like celebrating anything in his name. iii) I like to wear all black just to piss off all the cutesy people who want to know where my green is. Anybody who pinches me is gonna get knifed. and lastly, I don’t drink, so what’s the point? ---
**Author:** ![Mothchunks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a587f6/32.png) [@Mothchunks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mothchunks)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/44 "2003-03-04T00:28:00Z")
Everyone is Irish on Saint Patrick’s Day, but only if you have sex with an Irish person. Really. I swear on a stack of dead Orangemen. ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/45 "2003-03-04T11:07:48Z")
Bring irish myself, I have to say that although we may laugh at the green guinness and shamrock hats and everyone donned in green (which most of us don’t do!), we don’t care a jot who wants to believe they’re irish for the day so long as they’re willing to get good and sloshed with us. It’s a wonderful celebration (in itself, regardless of what it’s to stand for) and we’re fairly much into sharing it! ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 11:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/46 "2003-03-04T11:38:25Z")
Speaking of Guinness, did anyone else hear of the Great Guinness toast a couple weeks ago? I was at a bar and the bartender suddenly shouted “The worldwide Guinness toast is in ten minutes, anybody who wants to be part of it should order one now” So I did. But was it real or did they just make it up to sell some beer? ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/47 "2003-03-04T12:24:56Z")
That I didn’t hear of, no! ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/48 "2003-03-04T12:36:18Z")
Being of 100% Irish _stock_, I LOVE St. Patrick’s Day, because it gives me a chance to share my heritage with others. (By making traditional Irish foods like soda bread, etc.) But even I don’t consider myself Irish. I was born in the U.S. I won’t pinch anyone for not wearing green. But I WILL pinch anyone who wears orange just to be a snit.😉 ---
**Author:** ![Improbability](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Improbability](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Improbability)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/49 "2003-03-04T12:41:48Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by hyperjes \* > \*\*I won’t pinch anyone for not wearing green. But I WILL pinch anyone who wears orange just to be a snit.😉 \*\* Yes, so would I! ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21825_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/50 "2003-03-04T12:44:00Z")
My dad worked for a company founded and owned by a family of Irish descent. Naturally, on March 17, he’d go to work in a blue suit, a red tie, and a _“Kiss Me, I’m Polish”_ button. I rather enjoyed that tradition. ---
**Author:** ![Iteki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/eada6e/32.png) [@Iteki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Iteki)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/51 "2003-03-04T13:38:33Z")
What is this pinching thing and where did it come from? I never heard of this before some mad american co-worker leapt at me and pinched me black and blue a couple of years ago. ---
**Author:** ![TwistofFate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/cdc98d/32.png) [@TwistofFate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwistofFate)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2003, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/52 "2003-03-04T13:58:38Z")
apparently, if you don’t participate in the Wearing of the Green, you get pinched. ---
**Author:** ![InternetLegend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/internetlegend/32/13154_2.png) [@InternetLegend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/InternetLegend)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/53 "2003-03-05T06:31:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Ice Wolf \* > \*\*On another note, a Scots-descended friend of mine wished me happy St David’s Day for March 1st. T’is odd how we put so much more emphasis on the day of th’ green than that of the white saltire on blue. \*\* Yeah, well, think about it. Who would you rather celebrate with, the happy Irish or the dour Scots? (My Scots great-grandfather is no doubt rolling in his grave, and his Irish wife is probably chuckling in hers.) ---
**Author:** ![MysteryFellow63427](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a88e4f/32.png) [@MysteryFellow63427](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysteryFellow63427)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/54 "2003-03-05T07:27:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Cyn \* > **I used to have a button I wore on March 17 that said “Do I LOOK Irish to you?”…Black hair, brown eyed Hispanic living in small ag town in Central California, I doubt if I look Irish and anyone who pinches me without my leave will draw back a bloody stump.** A friend has a button with a shamrock on it that says “Fuck Me, I’m Irish” I want this button ---
**Author:** ![hyperjes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df705f/32.png) [@hyperjes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hyperjes)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 11:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/55 "2003-03-05T11:04:59Z")
Oh! Damnit- I used to have that button, but I lost it at some point. It remains the one “lost item” that I still obsess about. Anyone know where I can get another? (I got that one at a parade, so…) ---
**Author:** ![Honeydew\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e19b73/32.png) [@Honeydew\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Honeydew_1)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/56 "2003-03-05T18:33:54Z")
Being the worst Irish Irish person on the planet (as in, though born and bred here, I really don’t _feel_ myself to be Irish for lots of reasons)… I don’t really celebrate Patricks Day (though we do get a day off work - more than enough reason to enjoy yourself I’d think lol)… However, bf lives in Boston and I’d kill to spend Paddy’s Day there with him - I think it’d be a blast… can’t exactly say why… perhaps the great possiblity of a shag later on??? lol… 😃 ---
**Author:** ![akennett](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ee59a6/32.png) [@akennett](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/akennett)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/57 "2003-03-05T18:39:50Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by InternetLegend \* > \*\*Yeah, well, think about it. Who would you rather celebrate with, the happy Irish or the dour Scots? > > (My Scots great-grandfather is no doubt rolling in his grave, and his Irish wife is probably chuckling in hers.) \*\* Either way it’s a great excuse to drink some good whisk(e)y! ---
**Author:** ![ruadh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d2c977/32.png) [@ruadh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ruadh)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/58 "2003-03-05T18:42:39Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rhino’sHoney \* > \*\*Being the worst Irish Irish person on the planet (as in, though born and bred here, I really don’t _feel_ myself to be Irish for lots of reasons… \*\* Oh, my God, the anti-ruadh. Wanna switch identities RH? 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/59 "2003-03-05T19:12:34Z")
Just wondering if anyone else is reminded of Bowser and Blue’s song ‘Everybody’s Irish on St Patrick’s Day’? To listen go [here](http://www.bar-resto.com/uis/) and scroll to the bottom of the page on the left side. You need real player to listen. ---
**Author:** ![Godfrey\_Daniels](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Godfrey\_Daniels](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Godfrey_Daniels)\ **Post date:** [March 5, 2003, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434/60 "2003-03-05T21:09:39Z")
An Irish phrase for you all; repeat as necessary… whale oil beef hooked [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-it-true-everyones-irish-on-st-patricks-day/158434.md?page=4)