Talk:Saint Patrick's Day/Archive 1

message: I propose that we move this article to Saint Patrick's Day. Gareth Hughes 20:03, 20 Jan 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree.  Is there any reason why the short form of "saint" was used in the title? --Ryano 09:36, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text:  I went ahead and moved it.  I'm not aware of any reason why the abbreviated form of "Saint" should have been used. --Ryano 09:29, 17 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Move to [[Saint Patrick's Day]]? 

message: I uploaded the following images: :Image:Chicago River dyed green, focus on river.jpg, :Image:Chicago Rivery dyed green, buildings more prominent.jpg, and :Image:Chicago River, dye travelling upstream.jpg. I wasn't sure which images to put here and in Chicago River; feel free to switch them around. — Knowledge Seeker দ 07:30, 13 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Images 

message: In the U.S., there is a tradition that people must wear green on St. Patricks day, and if they do not, they will be pinched by people who are. I don't know if they do this in other countries. I also remember hearing that wearing green was a thing that protestant Irish did, and that Catholic Irish wear orange. If these things are true, then we should mention them in the article. DaveTheRed 20:55, 17 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: No. The green on the flag of Ireland represents the Irish Catholics, while orange (as in the Orange Order, William of Orange, etc.) represents the Protestants (predominately in Ulster).--Ruthless4Life 20:50, 19 February 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  St. Patricks day Traditions 

message: Does anyone know about the origin of St. Patrick's day? Like, is it an anniversary of something?
Hendrik Fuß 13:53, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: See the article on Saint Patrick. He was a historical figure, a Christian missionary to Ireland. He apparently died on 17 March near Downpatrick. In Christian tradition, a saint's day is usually kept on the day of death. Gareth Hughes 14:25, 18 Mar 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Origin 

message: The first line currently says that Saint Patrick's Day is a Roman Catholic feast day - it may be that, but not exclusively so.  It is Ireland's national day, and also the celebration of the arrival of Christianity to Ireland.  The fact that it falls on Patrick's feast day in the Roman Catholic calendar is probably secondary at this stage.  Any thoughts? --Ryano 09:42, 11 May 2005 (UTC)
replies: text: It is a feast day in the Church of Ireland and, for that matter, most of the Anglican Communion. I'll see if I can reword that sentence. --Gareth Hughes 10:23, 11 May 2005 (UTC)

text: I was going to edit the first line for similar reasons.  It's a special day for some religions, but it's also a special day for Irish people (or "irish culture"?).  Many non-religous people and people of non-Catholic/non-Christian religions contribute to, and appreciate, the festivities of St. Patrick's Day.  In my own experience, Paddy's Day was never religous.  It was about a guy who drove the snakes out of Ireland (yay!), and a parade, and things being painted green.  As I got older I learned that it's also about drinking. Gronky 21:15, 9 December 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Roman Catholic? 

message: Paddy's Day was declared a Bank Holiday in Ireland in 1903 (when southern Ireland was part of the UK). Northern Ireland still selebrates this holiday under this law. In the republic, is this still the act in force? Seabhcán 14:06, 2 September 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Bank Holiday (Ireland) Act, 1903 

message: "Many Americans travel to Ireland for vities."
: Huh? --68.229.247.45 21:54, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text:  A.k.a. vandalism, which I've since fixed.  If you come across anomalous text like this, it can sometimes be informative to go into the page's history via the link tab at the top, and slowly work your way back until you find where the mystery text appears.  In this case, the "vities" bit shows up at this revision.  Cheers, Eiríkr Útlendi 22:21, 14 March 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Errors?