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199--California: St. Patrick's Day @ CherieSpotting     Mar 19 2004 - 17:21 PST cherie writes: Many people don’t know why we wear shamrocks and slurp down silly quantities of green beer on March 17th. Here’s a bit of history about St. Patrick’s Day: St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born about 385 AD. Born in Wales, his real name was Maewyn. As a child, Maewyn considered himself pagan and at 16, he was sold into slavery. After 6 years of slavery (Maewyn found God during these terrible years) he escaped, changed his name to Patrick, and began studying at a monastery. After a few years Patrick became a bishop and returned to Ireland to convert the Celtic Druids. For 30 years he established missions all over Ireland. The reason the shamrock is a symbol of St. Patrick’s Day is that Patrick used the 3-leaf clover to explain the Holy Trinity. St. Patrick died on March 17, 461 AD. That’s why my friends and I went to a thrift store, bought all the green clothes we could find, and were in a parade with thousands of other green folks—some Irish and some Irish-for-a-day. Click on each picture to see it full size. read comments (0) | write comment| views: 5107    | rated: 0.0    printer-friendly version   Incredible Hulk butts, brought to you by Jean and Cherie. Jean in her rediculous dress she bought at a thift store. (It was so bad, I had to buy one, too.) Can you believe we found two green dresses exactly alike? I hope I never outgrow toys. Happy St. Patrick's Day! March 17th, cowboy style. Read his stomach. He'll try anything to get a kiss. Playing to the beat of a different drummer. *Photo by Jean. Jean and two leprucans? Quit clowning around! Someone need a shave? Everyone loves a parade. Big City Hicks. *Photo by Jean. Wait...let me draw you a beard. You'll look more grown up! The luck of the Irish. Irish bongos? I'm not sure how Irish Ronald McDonald is. But at least he has red hair! Cartoons even get into the celebration. Cool wheels. Green hair. Caitlyn and Greg. Jean and Dustin. Hello! A salute from the eagle. Party in a parade. Green shoes. Perhaps he only wants a sip of beer. Green carnations. Weird...and a bit freaky. Play that Irish music white boy. Green with pride. Caitlyn. Jean's got real Irish blood in her veins. Brendan, another Irish lad. A very sophisticated Irish man. Floating music. *Photo by Jean. The Irish know how to have a good time! Karem, Lauri and Cherie. High school friends, Andy, Chris, Doug and Cherie.