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Will you wear an Easter Lily ?

  • 16-04-2014 10:07PM
    #1
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭


    Just saw Gerry on RTE wearing his Easter Lily , and it reminded me its that time of year again.

    I will be wearing one all Easter .

    Will you ?

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  • #2
    wazky
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,516 ✭✭✭wazky


    Yes, right inbetween my poppy and swastika.


  • #3
    Hande hoche!
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,960 ✭✭✭Hande hoche!


    No, don't wear a poppy or a lilly. Occasionally a daffodil.


  • #4
    WesternZulu
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,057 ✭✭✭WesternZulu


    No, for the same reason I won't be wearing a poppy...no-matter what way they're spun they're a symbol of war and killing.

    However I notice that a lot of people who would be pro wearing the poppy would be very anti of wearing the Lilly...in my view you can't have it both ways.


  • #5
    Banjo String
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14,380 ✭✭✭✭Banjo String


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Just saw Gerry on RTE wearing his Easter Lily , and it reminded me its that time of year again.

    I will be wearing one all Easter .

    Will you ?

    Yes. I have worn one every easter for the last twenty years or so.


  • #6
    Jonny Blaze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 753 ✭✭✭Jonny Blaze


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Just saw Gerry on RTE wearing his Easter Lily , and it reminded me its that time of year again.

    I will be wearing one all Easter .

    Will you ?

    Not the metric tonnes of easter eggs in every shop in the country?

    EDIT: Also, what the hell is an easter lily?


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  • #7
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Yes...as rightly or wrongly it's to remember Ireland's patriot dead (noone set out to die.so others could sneer st them)...now...not to get into pointless rows about what type...it's better to see people wear it than not..IMO

    It shouldn't be forced on anyone either..I have worn one since I turned 18..only one in family/friends that do


  • #8
    foggy_lad
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,373 ✭✭✭✭foggy_lad


    allthedoyles wrote: »
    Just saw Gerry on RTE wearing his Easter Lily , and it reminded me its that time of year again.

    I will be wearing one all Easter .

    Will you ?

    Is yours a pin-on or a stickie?


  • #9
    solomafioso
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,095 ✭✭✭solomafioso




  • #10
    Amirani
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,609 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    No, I'm not particularly comfortable with what it represents. Same goes for the poppy.


  • #11
    allthedoyles
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,891 ✭✭✭allthedoyles


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    Is yours a pin-on or a stickie?

    Its pin-on bought on eBay


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  • #12
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    foggy_lad wrote: »
    Is yours a pin-on or a stickie?

    Pin on

    I'm aware of difference alright...but it is still better to see people wear them than not IMO.its not half encouraged enough...I really dislike the way it is frowned upon/sneered at


  • #13
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Diego Simeone wrote: »
    No, I'm not particularly comfortable with what it represents. Same goes for the poppy.

    I understand people's justifiable reservations...but come back here soon enough and youl see anyone wearing them dismissed as knaxkers...which is wrong...when all it is is remember Ireland's patriot (no matter how misguided) dead


  • #14
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Could you of not just bumped last year's thread asking the same damn boring question?


  • #15
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    I'm sporting a forget-me-not for Organ Donation atm


  • #16
    thegreatgonzo
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,623 ✭✭✭thegreatgonzo


    Never heard of it before.


  • #17
    CarrickMcJoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,379 ✭✭✭CarrickMcJoe


    Definitely not. Would not have anything to do with murders.


  • #18
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    Nope. If they had some flower associated with the War of Independence I'd wear that. The Easter Rising was romantic no-hope bullshít.


  • #19
    pojfexcsc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 76 ✭✭pojfexcsc


    I identify as a Republican but I wont be wearing one simply because I never have and dont really feel the need to.


  • #20
    hjkl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 469 ✭✭hjkl


    I'm not even sure where you can get one tbh.


  • #21
    COYW
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,927 ✭✭✭COYW


    I won't as I am not a republican but are they even on sale in Dublin? I don't recall seeing them.


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  • #22
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    frimpong wrote: »
    I'm not even sure where you can get one tbh.

    Any mid sized rural town..freely available


  • #23
    Sulla Felix
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,442 ✭✭✭Sulla Felix


    COYW wrote: »
    I won't as I am not a republican but are they even on sale in Dublin? I don't recall seeing them.
    Parnell Sq probably, if anyone really wants one.


  • #24
    tomwaterford
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,768 ✭✭✭✭tomwaterford


    Sulla Felix wrote: »
    Nope. If they had some flower associated with the War of Independence I'd wear that. The Easter Rising was romantic no-hope bullshít.

    What flower is available all year round though as WOI went on for two years more or less??
    Is it not accepted that easter rising and executions after it gave rise and strengthing the movement for Irish independence/republicanism?

    So what would you prefer to see?


  • #25
    blindside88
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,957 ✭✭✭blindside88


    Anyone know where I could get one in Carlow?


  • #26
    Stavros Murphy
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,435 ✭✭✭Stavros Murphy


    PirateShampoo wrote: »
    Could you of not just bumped last year's thread asking the same damn boring question?

    If avoiding that is the aim, last one out turn off the lights. We're done. Several times over.. :D


  • #27
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    blindside88 wrote: »
    Anyone know where I could get one in Carlow?

    'RA, sorry, Sinn Fein office


  • #28
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    Wouldn't feel comfortable wearing one at all and never will but each to their own.


  • #29
    efb
    Closed Accounts Posts: 35,514 ✭✭✭✭efb


    anncoates wrote: »
    Wouldn't feel comfortable wearing one but each to their own.

    Only put the pin into your lapel


  • #30
    anncoates
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,925 ✭✭✭✭anncoates


    efb wrote: »
    Only put the pin into your lapel
    Are you calling me a sticky? :)


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  • #31
    The One Doctor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,322 ✭✭✭The One Doctor


    No, seeing as I wasn't there and know no-one who was involved.


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