St. Patrick's Day
Mar 18th 2009 14:07
It's been almost 7months since I came to America. I'm satisfied with my American life up until now. Hopefully the rest of the days will be going well even though I was still frustrated not to understand Shakespeare’s play, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, which I saw yesterday.
I had a couple of American holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, etc. However, I'm not familiar with St. Patrick's Day. According to my church friend, St. Patrick is one of patron saints of Ireland. Today I saw a lot of students wearing green clothes on campus. That scene was a view to me.
Last Sunday, Margaret who originally from Ireland invited my friends and I to her place and she treated traditional Irish food. I had corned beef with steamed potato, cabbage, and carrots. Her husband told us about Irish beer, Guinness. He explained that a great deal of Irish people immigrated to America because of Irish potato famine and they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We had a ball listening to the Irish music.
I’ll add one more thing! Do you know π(Pi) Day is on March 14th? It was originated from the first three digits of the mathematical consonant π. I think it is a very interesting day. :D
I had a couple of American holidays such as Halloween, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas, etc. However, I'm not familiar with St. Patrick's Day. According to my church friend, St. Patrick is one of patron saints of Ireland. Today I saw a lot of students wearing green clothes on campus. That scene was a view to me.
Last Sunday, Margaret who originally from Ireland invited my friends and I to her place and she treated traditional Irish food. I had corned beef with steamed potato, cabbage, and carrots. Her husband told us about Irish beer, Guinness. He explained that a great deal of Irish people immigrated to America because of Irish potato famine and they celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. We had a ball listening to the Irish music.
I’ll add one more thing! Do you know π(Pi) Day is on March 14th? It was originated from the first three digits of the mathematical consonant π. I think it is a very interesting day. :D
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sounds like you had a fun time~
Hi, I've just read an interesting article in web-based National Geographic magazine about St. Patrick's Day. The article is about the derivation, history, and so forth about St. Patrick's Day, and I thought it might be helpful for you. Here is the article:
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/03/090316-st-patricks-day-facts.html
Hello, Englishlover~
I'm glad to see your entry again.
I didn't know that the beer Guiness was originally from Ireland.
I like that beer, though I couldn't drink it often because it is relatively expensive as you know. ;)
Thank you for the information~!
Thank you for the useful help and infornation to all! I wore green hooded t-shirt not to get pinched. :D
Hi!!!!
I worked on St. Patrick's Day... yoyoyo～