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So, yesterday was St Patrick's Day and in the spirit of the holiday I wore a green sweater to work. After my job I went for lunch to the nearby Farmer's Market which is attached to The Grove, a popular outdoor mall. There were HUNDREDS of people milling about and I couldn't spot a SINGLE person wearing green. So I had to ask, is wearing green now considered some kind of cultural appropriation ? I can't keep up.
The colour that traditionally represented Ireland was actually blue and not green.
America has invented a lot of St Patrick's Day, and a lot of it is just based on myth rather than reality, whilst the over commercialisation and gimmicky retail nonsense was just a bit embarrassing.
As for St Patrick, he wasn't even Irish, he was English according to research, and he was kidnapped at 16 and made a slave in Ireland and no he did not banish all the snakes from Ireland.
Even the green colour is questionable, as Irelands taditional historic colour was blue, the use of green is far more recent. Even the Irish Constitution is encased in the country's traditional blue.
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Lets also not forget Baileys Irish Cream.
Baileys was invented in 1974, by Tom Jago from Cornwall in England who was working for British company W&A Gilbey which later merged to form British multinational Diageo plc.
Jago also invented Malibu, Johnnie Walker Blue Label, Smirnoff Black etc.
"There is no R.A Bailey and his identity is a sham, a colorful invention cooked up by a multinational drinks group, in a London office overlooking the Bailey hotel. And the signature is just a work of fiction.
Irish Coffee was based on the historic Pharisäer and the Fiaker were served in Viennese coffee houses; both were coffee cocktails served in glass, topped with whipped cream. The former was also known in northern Germany and Denmark around that time. Around 1900, the coffee cocktail menu in the Viennese cafés also included Kaisermelange, Maria Theresia, Biedermeier-Kaffee and a handful of other variations on the theme.[In 19th-century France, a mixture of coffee and spirits was called a gloria.
It was only after WW2, that a similar drink with Irish Whisky was sold, and in terms of whisky itself it has a long history and is not specifically Irish.
Still you have to hand it to those marketing men, they really know how to sell some romanticised Irish nonsense.
So, yesterday was St Patrick's Day and in the spirit of the holiday I wore a green sweater to work. After my job I went for lunch to the nearby Farmer's Market which is attached to The Grove, a popular outdoor mall. There were HUNDREDS of people milling about and I couldn't spot a SINGLE person wearing green. So I had to ask, is wearing green now considered some kind of cultural appropriation ? I can't keep up.
I wore green on St. Patrick’s Day as did many of my co-workers.
Maybe it’s just not a thing in your area.
The colour that traditionally represented Ireland was actually blue and not green.
America has invented a lot of St Patrick's Day, and a lot of it is just based on myth rather than reality, whilst the over commercialisation and gimmicky retail nonsense was just a bit embarrassing.
As for St Patrick, he wasn't even Irish, he was English according to research, and he was kidnapped at 16 and made a slave in Ireland and no he did not banish all the snakes from Ireland.
Even the green colour is questionable, as Irelands taditional historic colour was blue, the use of green is far more recent. Even the Irish Constitution is encased in the country's traditional blue.
So, yesterday was St Patrick's Day and in the spirit of the holiday I wore a green sweater to work. After my job I went for lunch to the nearby Farmer's Market which is attached to The Grove, a popular outdoor mall. There were HUNDREDS of people milling about and I couldn't spot a SINGLE person wearing green. So I had to ask, is wearing green now considered some kind of cultural appropriation ? I can't keep up.
Cultural appropriation is laughed at in my neck of the woods.
I wasn't out and about much but myself and co-workers wore green. Being the middle of the week I didnt really celebrate but definitely cooked the corned beef, Rubens and cabbage rolls. Might drink some Guinness this weekend and drag it out a bit.
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