Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Here Are Some Fun Facts, Gaelic Phrases & Tips For Not Getting Pinched
17 March 2009, 10:30 AM. By Alex Alvarez
We’ve put on our best pair of green pajama pants in an effort not to get pinched this St. Patrick’s Day (We also do not intend on leaving the house. Let the whiskey come to you, we say.), and have decided to pass on some Gaelic phrases to help impress the friends you will make while crying into some nasty green liquid at your local dive bar.
Póg mo thóin!
Kiss my ass!
Go n-ithe an cat thú is go n-ithe an diabhal an cat.
May the cat eat you and may the devil eat the cat.
Bi ciuin! Ta tinneas cinn orm.
Be quiet! I have a headache.
Gardai! Ta se prainneach.
Police! It’s an emergency.
Ba mhaith liom an dochtuir.
I need a doctor.
Did you know that blue, not green, was the color originally associated with St. Patrick’s? Apparently, sometime around 1941, American college students decided that the color was not garish enough and green vomit was funnier. This was the same night they invented Cinco de Mayo and body shots. (This is a lie, except for the part about blue.)
From 1846 to ‘48, a regiment of the Mexican army was named after St Patrick. Members of the “Batellón de San Patricio” included newly liberated slaves from the American South who were then granted Mexican citizenship. All three of them.
Éirinn go Brách (long live Ireland), everyone.
St. Patrick’s Day: Facts and Legends [The Times]
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I hate having to dress for a holiday. I am not wearing green today and I wasn’t gonna to out of my way to do so. As soon as I got to work, I got swarmed by the stupid hippie lady. I told her if she tried to pinch me and I’d punch her I think she believed me because she backed off. It might have been the look on my face.
I told some one else that I’m not Irish so I dont have to wear green. And that I hate St. Patricks day [even tho I'll be hung over tomorrow]. That person’s come back was well I hate cinco de mayo. my response was it’s ok, me too. I guess I should be offended but I’m not. My coworkers are idiots… and white. I hate them.
Someone got off on the wrong side of the straw-filled mattress today!