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I didn't wear green.
I didn't get drunk.
I didn't hear a single quaver of diddle-de-dee music.
I didn't eat Irish Stew.
I didn't see a shamrock.
Some people did though, and from the end of the article I present this quote:
Meanwhile, researchers at Queen's University Belfast are preparing to publish the results of a web survey into the variety of St Patrick's celebrations around the world.
The survey invited opinions from people in countries as far away as Japan and Russia to have their say on what celebrating St Patrick's Day means to them.
"Traditions of celebrating St Patrick's Day have been developing over the last decade in Belfast, Dublin, London, New York and further afield," said Dr Dominic Bryan of the Institute of Irish Studies at the university.
"St Patrick's Day is enthusiastically celebrated by many outside Ireland, north and south, who adopt an Irish state of mind for the day, donning green wigs, drinking green beer and playing Irish music.
"This research will lead to improved understanding of the reasons behind the celebrations and create a valuable research resource."
...in other words, the researchers at Queens have figured out how to con the ESRC into giving them money to fly around the world and get drunk in many pseudo-oirish pubs. You have to doff your hat at the ingenuity. |
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