Try not to drink too much! I am taking my wife out for some corned beef and brisket tonight as she is half Irish and half Italian red headed lassie. Abner
Like Cinco de Mayo, a holiday celebrated in the U.S. to a far greater extent than in its "home" country. Happy Cinco de Patrick. Green fajitas for everyone!
Just got back from dinner. The didn't have green fajitas, but they had Irish nachos. I heard an Irish song in the background that recounted the story of the legendary "San Patricios". As a little boy my grandmother told me the story about them, and how they became beloved by the Mexican people. Here is the song, as told by our local Irish band The Fenians. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WFvgNiZUfTE Info stolen from here and there: "As a result of commemorative efforts, today these fallen heroes are remembered by the Mexican government and its people with parades featuring bagpipes and the re-issuance of legislative instruments in their honor" “As the majority of these deserters were Irish, the cause commonly assigned by the officers for their desertion, was, that as they were Roman Catholics they imagined they were fighting against their religion in fighting the Mexicans.” Good music and good food.
Do you know why the Irish eat corned beef & cabbage on St. Patrick's Day? So they won't puke up a decent meal later. <rimshot>
I love the Soviet Red Army Chorus singing "It's a long way to Tipperary." Recording from around 1958. Apparently they spoke/sang no English, but were mouthing the phonetic pronunciations. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CZ74m28I3E
I'm very sympathetic! In college my choral director had me sing Kak Nebesa Tvoy Vzor Blistayet by Rimsky-Korsakov, but I don't speak a word of Russian.
He he! I don't know, maybe I am weird, but I like it. I could be wrong, but I think the Irish (from Ireland) don't care for Corned beef and cabbage that much. I don't believe they eat it on Saint Patrick's day like we do here. It seems to be more of an American thing.
