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dale1320 t1_jcmb3en wrote
Reply to TIL Drinking on St. Patrick's Day was largely frowned upon until the late 1970s. Restriction were lifted for Lent, but only for the Food part, not for the Drinking part. by EQ2_Tay
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!
dale1320 t1_j6luyng wrote
Reply to World peace is absolutely achievable. by [deleted]
Methinks you are more likely to experience whirled peas than world peace.
dale1320 t1_jcnf57c wrote
Reply to comment by Janie_Mac in TIL Drinking on St. Patrick's Day was largely frowned upon until the late 1970s. Restriction were lifted for Lent, but only for the Food part, not for the Drinking part. by EQ2_Tay
Yes, in Ireland it was. But not in the US.