Happy St. Pat’s day to you all….
To those of you who are Irish…
and to all those who are Irish for the day…
As a kid, St. Patrick Day was pretty
special if you were Irish in Newport,
Rhode Island. As the Irish were the
second most popular nationality there.
Portuguese being first. Then there were
Italians and French. Us, English were
many pre1700 but close to a minority
in the 1950’s.
The brave English classmates wore
Orange. I didn’t. And I don’t recall
wearing green either . Don’t know
why I didn’t wear green and fake it.
After all, all of us without green got
pinched… pinched all day long…
So may you all have a great time,
Eating cabbage and corned beef,
Murphy’s stew, green beer and
the rest…. But please don’t pinch me..
To those of you who are Irish…
and to all those who are Irish for the day…
As a kid, St. Patrick Day was pretty
special if you were Irish in Newport,
Rhode Island. As the Irish were the
second most popular nationality there.
Portuguese being first. Then there were
Italians and French. Us, English were
many pre1700 but close to a minority
in the 1950’s.
The brave English classmates wore
Orange. I didn’t. And I don’t recall
wearing green either . Don’t know
why I didn’t wear green and fake it.
After all, all of us without green got
pinched… pinched all day long…
So may you all have a great time,
Eating cabbage and corned beef,
Murphy’s stew, green beer and
the rest…. But please don’t pinch me..
(do they still do that?)
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