Wednesday, March 17, 2010

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

A card celebrating to excess the "wearing of the green", mailed on March 17, 1911. It has a sufragette feel to it somehow, and I love that the woman has red hair.

There's a famous ballad, that appeals to the rebellious Irish in all of us:

"Oh Paddy dear, and did ye hear the news that's going round?

The shamrock is forbid by law to grow on Irish ground!

No more St. Patrick's Day we'll keep; his color can't be seen,

For there's a cruel law agin' the wearing o' the Green!"


Don't forget to wear green today, or you'll be sure to get pinched.
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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3 comments:

  1. dakotabooMarch 17, 2010

    Lovel postcard - thanks for sharing. Happy St Patrick's Day to you too.

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  2. Beth NiquetteMarch 17, 2010

    I adore this postcard--I think it's the best St. Patrick's Day card I've seen this time around! I LOVE it!

    Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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  3. Christine H.March 17, 2010

    That is a very unusual and wonderful card.

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