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01-02-2008, 13:14   #16
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Happy Birthday Sidney.
meh blah to st bridgets day....

its the first day of spring

THIS DAMN WINTER IS OVER.

and like on que, today the birds a singing the sun is shining....inbetween rain showers

WINTER IS OVER!
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01-02-2008, 13:16   #17
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Happy Birthday Sidney.
meh blah to st bridgets day....

its the first day of spring

THIS DAMN WINTER IS OVER.

and like on que, today the birds a singing the sun is shining....inbetween rain showers

WINTER IS OVER!
[DAMNING VOICE] It's always Winter in Cork. [/DAMNING VOICE]
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01-02-2008, 13:20   #18
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LMAO true...

the cork seasons.....

Rainy - Autumn
Cold- Winter
Less Rainy - Spring
Less Cold - SUmmer


Yes i think
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I've never even heard of St Brigid's day.
What we should really be trying to do is get the English Government to make St Patrick's Day a holiday.
They actually expect us to work that day.
Wouldn't be on for that. It's not their day, it's ours.
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01-02-2008, 13:32   #20
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Ha, they were never optimistic enough to let us make the crosses but we did have to draw them every year......for EIGHT years.
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01-02-2008, 13:37   #21
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Wouldn't be on for that. It's not their day, it's ours.
Well it's celebrated a lot more than St George's day is.
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01-02-2008, 13:45   #22
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Happy birthday sidneykidney and hilly billy
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01-02-2008, 13:49   #23
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She was patron st of our school too. We never got to make the crosses though

She is a Celtic Goddess of fire or something and you are supposed to put a candle in your window tonight.
I didnt know that. I just thought she built a church in Kildare or something.

edit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Brid...h_pagan_Brigid

Hmm conspiracy I reckon
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01-02-2008, 13:58   #24
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Happy birthday sidneykidney and hilly billy
Thanks WindSock!

SidneyKidney - Have a good one. Beers are on me in Yore Ma's over in BG&RH.
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