And who among us is immune to the excitement?<\/a><\/p>\nSt. Urho, Epic Hero of the Finns since, oh, the 1950s or so!<\/p>\n
St.\u00a0 Urho, who drove the crickets from Finland with the\u00a0mystic words, \u201cGrasshopper, grasshopper, go away!\u201d<\/p>\n
St. Urho, subject of a marketing campaign by Finns jealous of all the press St. Patrick gets!<\/p>\n
As an Irishman, I do not begrudge our Finnish brethren their (slightly shorter) day in the sun.<\/p>\n
Hail St. Urho!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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