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herbw t1_jcpleaa wrote
And even if he weren't, Paddie would be soon!
digiorno t1_jcl3g6k wrote
And then people realized it was more fun to drink green beer than drink no beer at all.
dale1320 t1_jcmb3en wrote
Good article, but not quite accurate in one respect. I am old enough to remember the original dying of the Chicago River green by the Plumbers Union and Mayor Richard J. Daley. I can attest that,, at least in Chicago, and from what I was told by my parents and others from around the US, that the "cultural norm" of drinking to excess on St. Patrick's Day goes back A LOT further than the Budweiser advertising campaign of the 1970s. Even in the mid-60s there were full-on pub crawls taking place on March 17. The Catholic Church in Ireland may have frowned upon drinking on Feast Day, but in America it was full-bore beer drinking.
All the reminds me of an old jok I heard as a wee young lae:
What's the difference between an Irish Wedding and an Irish Wake?
One less drunk.
Happy St. Pat's Day everyone everywhere!
zook54 t1_jcnq5zt wrote
1972, Ann Arbor, The Gandy Dancer Restaurant. We were 18 and green beer was free. So I’m thinking that drinking was a thing even then.
herbw t1_jcpl96w wrote
EtOH drinks have been around since beer and barley bread were used to build the pyramids. 4500 yrs. ago, at least. EtOH is addictive. End of story.
herbw t1_jcpku73 wrote
This is not what we know is the case. Here, the saloons in the 19th C. Were largely owned by the Irish. So I find the assertion here not only historically dubious, but not supportive of what we call Irish Whiskey, either. The Irish have so many slang words for Hooch, is yet another reason not to believe such above stories about some of my ancestors.
And sure, laddie, we have NO pubs in All of Ireland to this day!! Not in Dooblin, sure. (hic!)
Human beings drink. The Irish are humans, ergo.....
shivermetimbers68 t1_jcl3nt0 wrote
My favorite Irish drinking story:
I worked for a restaurant. Around 9 am the head manager gets there. An Irish manager then showed up a few minutes later, saying he was on schedule to open that day. Head manager told him "No, I did the schedule, you're off today..."
Irish manager goes home. Couple of hours later, head manager checks schedule to see who's closing and sees that he is supposed to close and the Irish manager was supposed to open.
Now head manager has to open and close. He calls Irish manager and asks him if he can come in and close that night.
Irish manager: "Dude, I'm Irish. It's 12 noon on my day off. I'm already hammered!"
;). God love em.