St. Patrick's Day Kilt Attire

**David Dubh** · 13th February 09, 10:50 PM

MacDonald hunting ancient kilt (my one and only

) Appropriate top. And my best Irish friends (Guinness, Kilkenny and Harp).

int:
Friends don't let friends drink green beer

**ForresterModern** · 14th February 09, 05:11 AM

Originally Posted by Zardoz

Good eye !
This is how ol'Zardoz keeps track of when to say when!

So how does that work? As you stack more cups I guess eventually you get a stack so tall your arms are not long enough to get the newest full cup to your mouth, and its time to stop then?

**Bonnie'an'Blue** · 16th February 09, 08:02 PM

I just wear what I would wear any other time.
Green is my favourite colour, but the sight of it on St. Patrick's day makes me cringe..
Green is not symbolic of Ireland, it is symbolic of Catholicism, orange being of Hanoverian Protestants, And blue being of Jacobitism of both sects.
I'm a Christian (I don't like to call myself non-denominational because it sounds quite the opposite, but yes I'm non-denominational), And a Jacobite, but I cringe because...well..It's just so plastic-paddy and I can't stand it!
And "Irish Kilts?" don't even get me started. no, seriously. don't. I'm not supposed to,
so I'll go somewhere else to ramble about it.

**Bonnie'an'Blue** · 16th February 09, 08:04 PM

Gah! I hate it when this happens!

**beloitpiper** · 16th February 09, 09:31 PM

Originally Posted by Bonnie'an'Blue

I just wear what I would wear any other time.
Green is my favourite colour, but the sight of it on St. Patrick's day makes me cringe..
Green is not symbolic of Ireland, it is symbolic of Catholicism, orange being of Hanoverian Protestants, And blue being of Jacobitism of both sects.
I'm a Christian (I don't like to call myself non-denominational because it sounds quite the opposite, but yes I'm non-denominational), And a Jacobite, but I cringe because...well..It's just so plastic-paddy and I can't stand it!
And "Irish Kilts?" don't even get me started. no, seriously. don't. I'm not supposed to,
so I'll go somewhere else to ramble about it.

In Ireland, they wear blue on St. Patrick's Day because blue stands for St. Patrick. The green in the Irish flag represents Ireland's Gaelic heritage, while the orange is for the Protestant heritage, and the white is the peace the binds the country.

**Spartan** · 16th February 09, 09:34 PM

Originally Posted by beloitpiper

In Ireland, they wear blue on St. Patrick's Day because blue stands for St. Patrick. The green in the Irish flag represents Ireland's Gaelic heritage, while the orange is for the Protestant heritage, and the white is the peace the binds the country.

Thanks! That's helpful information.

**Bonnie'an'Blue** · 16th February 09, 09:40 PM

Well, if they wear blue, then that's more of a reason not to wear green!
After all blue is quite Gaelic, or Celtic in general, (though I discourage pan-celtiscism)
As Blue is the colour of Woad.

(Don't even think of braveheart!)

**beloitpiper** · 16th February 09, 09:45 PM

I wear green because I'm not in Ireland on St. Patrick's Day. Yes, I'm Irish, but in the U.S. we wear green. I mean, I don't go overboard with beads and plastic hats and *shudder* green beer, but I'll wear a green shirt and jeans. To me, St. Patrick's Day is more about Irish identity than it is about St. Patrick himself! So it makes sense to wear the color that represents the island.

I hate how St. Patrick's Day is akin to Mardi Gras here, but there's nothing I can do to stop it, so I'm just going to go to my favorite Irish pub (The Brocach, best in the US!), have a Guinness and Bushmills, and sit in on the sessions.

**Bonnie'an'Blue** · 16th February 09, 10:17 PM

Well it's about time someone agreed with me!
By the way, for Irish who think I'm just some Scot who dislikes the Irish and says "they can't wear this, they can't do that," I'm also Irish.
But then again I'm also Swedish, Japanese, and English, and I wear kilts because I'm Scottish, and kilts are only Scottish, particularly of the Highlands, like it or not.

**Zardoz** · 16th February 09, 10:46 PM

Originally Posted by Bonnie'an'Blue

I just wear what I would wear any other time.
Green is my favourite colour, but the sight of it on St. Patrick's day makes me cringe..
Green is not symbolic of Ireland, it is symbolic of Catholicism, orange being of Hanoverian Protestants, And blue being of Jacobitism of both sects.
I'm a Christian (I don't like to call myself non-denominational because it sounds quite the opposite, but yes I'm non-denominational), And a Jacobite, but I cringe because...well..It's just so plastic-paddy and I can't stand it!
And "Irish Kilts?" don't even get me started. no, seriously. don't. I'm not supposed to,
so I'll go somewhere else to ramble about it.

I think the Irish people that have rallied behind green flags since the 1700s, Including during the Williamite conflicts, would tend to disagree about that!
BTW, how's the rebellion coming?