St. Patrick's Day History Here at Molly's Pub
Listen to an Irish Jig? St. Patrick's Day History Fun March 17th, Four ninety-three St. Paddy died, so naturally We have a parade, As a memory aid, To celebrate Ireland's "esprit." St. Patrick's Day 3 Blarney Castle, it's said, has a stone. And kissing it's scary. Alone, You dangle o'er death So take a deep breath And make sure you've a strong chaperone. St. Patrick's Day 4 St. Patrick's Day is pretty keen For people who look good in green You don't need to be Irish You just need a strong wish To honor the Islander scene St. Patrick's Day 5 St. Patrick rid Ireland of snakes? And if sainthood is that which it takes To get rid of a reptile I'm all for it, meanwhile, Are such fables true, or just fakes? St. Patrick's Day 6 In Chicago, they really deliver A fine Irish Day from their quiver Nothing's done in half-measures For this fun city treasures Dying things green--things large as a river. St. Patrick's Day 7 The Irish saved civilization And that fact alone is occasion To honor the race And give thanks for the grace Of the monks' manuscript duplication. St. Patrick's Day 8 Gaelic is making a comeback From the brink, near extinct, so our brains wrack In that tongue to announce it But we can't pronounce it! We're just happy it's got off its sidetrack. St. Patrick's Day 9 Let's hope these good folks recommission Celtic language and culture transmission And once more make it stylish To speak and read Irish And take back their ethnic tradition. St. Patrick's Day 10 "The luck of the Irish" is fable Anyone reading history's able To figure that out With the British about Life was brutish, poor, short, and unstable. St. Patrick's Day History is just one of our history pages... St. Patrick's Day History Page at Molly's Virtual Pug. For the poem count at Here Be Limerick Poems visit our home page.
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