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CountAllVotes

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5. My husband was from a farm in Co. Galway

Reply to SheltieLover (Reply #3)

Fri Mar 17, 2023, 12:50 PM

Mar 2023

His mother liked to kill a goose and have it for dinner.

That was something they only did on very special holidays as they were very poor.

Sad times it was in the '30's in Ireland.

His family was one of the few that had electricity and a radio!

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Saint Patrick's Day is a religious holiday [View all] CountAllVotes Mar 2023 OP

well of course you can't skip commercializing anything in a capitalist economy. Thomas Hurt Mar 2023 #1

Interesting history. Wonder if DeSantis would allow it? I recall something about riversedge Mar 2023 #2

Many were Gaelic speakers only CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #6

Interesting. Thx for sharing. SheltieLover Mar 2023 #3

My husband was from a farm in Co. Galway CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #5

Wow! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #8

All of their neighbors would come around to listen CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #10

I'll bet! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #11

They were considered to be "well off" CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #13

I'll bet they were! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #15

It would be an awfully long book! CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #16

You could easily make it into a series & I'll bet they'd sell like hotcakes SheltieLover Mar 2023 #17

I heard it wail from behind a glass door CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #18

I'll bet! SheltieLover Mar 2023 #19

He swore it only occured when someone with a surname beginning with an "O" died CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #21

This is all news to me lol SheltieLover Mar 2023 #23

The Wailing Irish Banshee CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #24

But why does it wail? SheltieLover Mar 2023 #25

She wails for the dead CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #26

But what's the point? SheltieLover Mar 2023 #27

oh please do tell. mopinko Apr 2023 #29

Patrick was an Italian who squashed the Irish native religions. Scrivener7 Mar 2023 #4

It's unfortunate that "the snakes" were driven out of Ireland! Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #7

Do we really have to go there? CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #9

I'm demonizing the institution, which is oppressive and rotten to the core. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #12

Find another way to direct your hatred CountAllVotes Mar 2023 #14

Post removed Post removed Mar 2023 #20

BTW, I have Irish-Catholic ancestry. Sky Jewels Mar 2023 #22

St Patrick's Battalion old as dirt Mar 2023 #28