{"id":2002,"date":"2013-03-17T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-17T15:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/03\/st-patricks-day.html"},"modified":"2013-03-17T15:55:00","modified_gmt":"2013-03-17T15:55:00","slug":"st-patricks-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2013\/03\/st-patricks-day.html","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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St. Patrick\u2019s statue in St. Mary parish<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Gets all the press. \u00a0I\u2019m OK with that. \u00a0Ever since my parents discovered my lineage some ages ago, I\u2019ve been rather taken by my Irish roots. \u00a0I always knew that we were part Irish, part Welsh, a little German and a smattering of other European heritage. \u00a0Thanks to the\u00a0amorous\u00a0choices of my great grandfather on my Dad\u2019s paternal side, I also have American Indian. \u00a0My wife, likewise, is also heavily favored on the Irish side, though she has a greater strain of American Indian and could have qualified as actual Native American from a legal perspective in terms of college grants and similar perks, if she had not already received a full ride. <\/p>\n

But in it all, my Irish side is best known to me. \u00a0Some years ago, my Mom and Dad were traveling back to my Dad\u2019s birthplace in the hills and mountains of West Virginia. \u00a0Dad was born way out in the boons, in a town that no longer exists. \u00a0They were asking folks where certain landmarks might be when they stumbled across a woman who was working on a PhD. \u00a0Part of her work was tracing, of all things, the\u00a0genealogy\u00a0of my Dad\u2019s maternal family. \u00a0Apparently the woman\u00a0herself\u00a0was related, as most in that region might be. <\/p>\n

She produced the fruits of her labor, a massive book hundreds of pages long detailing everyone linked to the original family who came across the ocean back in the waning days of the eighteenth century. \u00a0Through that side \u2013 the Mollohans \u2013 we actually hail from County Sligo in Ireland:<\/p>\n

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Ah, now that\u2019s a place that screams Emerald Isle. \u00a0And talk about\u00a0ancient\u00a0sites to stimulate this old historian\u2019s imagination. \u00a0And for those who golf,\u00a0apparently\u00a0it\u2019s one of the premier golfing locations in the British Isles. \u00a0But I am as good as golf as I am at spitting, so I\u2019m more taken by the history, the lush landscapes, and the heritage. <\/p>\n

Fact is, the son of the first fellow to come over here was killed by a bear. Figures. \u00a0Talk about setting a precedent. \u00a0Others did some amazing\u00a0things, some not so amazing, and quite frankly, I\u2019m rather surprised at how my line even got here, given the infant morality, the war\u00a0casualties, \u00a0and the general death and suffering so many of them seemed to experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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Where it all began, at least for part of my family<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

I\u2019ve done some research on my Mom\u2019s side, and my wife has as well. But the most clear\u00a0picture\u00a0is from my Mollohan side, whose most distant descendants\u00a0actually came from Scotland during a displacement ordered by the crown almost two\u00a0centuries\u00a0earlier. <\/p>\n

Because of this, I\u2019m rather fond of St. Patrick. \u00a0He\u2019s my 12 year old\u2019s patron saint. \u00a0He also gives us a great excuse to feast and play in the otherwise dreary month of March. \u00a0So it\u2019s tipping the old\u00a0Guinness\u00a0today. \u00a0Maybe a Harp. \u00a0Irish meat pies and potato and leek soup,\u00a0sauteed\u00a0turnips, some truly awesome homemade Irish candy, and of course homemade soda bread. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ll learn about St. Patrick, explore Irish history and folklore, listen to some authentic Irish music, and basically chill. \u00a0Owing to Ohio State\u2019s basketball prowess this year, we\u2019ll also pause to see if they can keep their winning streak alive. \u00a0Special note: defensive aficionado and scholar\u00a0athlete\u00a0Aaron Craft, one of the defensive stars of college basketball, came to speak at to parish youth some months ago. \u00a0My two oldest were mightily impressed.<\/p>\n

Anyway, that\u2019s the news. \u00a0I\u2019ll be back with a few updates and posts in the not too distant, especially to look at a couple emails I got to kick things around. \u00a0Till then:<\/p>\n

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May the road rise up to meet you.<\/div>\n
May the wind always be at your back.<\/div>\n
May the sun shine warm upon your face,<\/div>\n
and rains fall soft upon your fields.<\/div>\n
And until we meet again,<\/div>\n
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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