Word: irished
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...says the events all commemorate the 203rd anniversary of Evacuation Day. Which brings up an interesting point--only in Boston is St. Patrick's Day a legal holiday. And while making the annual ethnic celebration a city holiday probably wouldn't have been an impossible chore for Boston's Irish pols, there was an easier way. The British, ironically provided the excuse. Redcoats occupied Boston from the start of the revolution until the Americans, head quartered on Cambridge Common, were able to starve them out. The British left under cover of darkness the morning of March 17, 1776. So remember...
...Irish people are used to pretending anyway--at least, that's what some scholars who claim St. Patrick was Welsh or Danish would say. Those same scholars might tell you shamrocks don't grow wild in Eire and that there weren't ever any snakes on the Old Sod. They might as well try to convince Bernard F. Kelly, Sr. that his mother wasn't from Ireland. But if all it takes is a hit or two of green to make anyone Irish this week, who cares? The important thing is that St. Pat did indeed exist, somewhere back...
Anyway, or so the story goes, St. Pat plucked a shamrock from a rock crevice to explain the concept of the Christian trinity to three Irish princesses he met one day. Their local deity, it turns out, was a kind of triple-split personality himself, so the ladies went for the idea right away. In fact they became the first Irish runs...
...also got rid of the snakes that plagued the farmers in the rocky Irish countryside, and the way he did that also showed some imagination. He brought in pigs--everyone knows snakes are afraid of pigs, or at least every Irishman knows that. And now you'll seldom see a snake in Ireland, except maybe at the bottom of a few glasses...
...Neill (D-Mass.), current speaker of the House; and Rep. Joseph Moakley (D-Mass.), who are jointly sponsoring a float, will have to wait until Sunday to march. The parade, which will also include the Budweiser Clydesdales and 30 marching bands, most of them playing When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," steps off from Andrews Square...