Okay! So here goes...as a person with a concentration in Irish Women's Literature...I would like to point out the following:
The Irish Flag has three stripes
1.) Green representing the Catholics
2.) White representing a hope of peace
3.) Orange representing the Protestants
My Irish Catholic side of the family (I am the product of a mixed marriage- Baptist father and Catholic Mother) used to joke that on St. Patty's Day if you didn't wear green you got a pinch, but if you wore orange you got punched. Well, we are eons away from the boys of Curry Head sitting on the curb in Elizabeth, New Jersey. Thank God!
But, on St. Patrick's day...a day honoring a Catholic saint, I thought some of the Protestants out there may want to know they have thier own color. So wear the color most appropriate to your beliefs OR EVEN BETTER wear all the colors of the Irish flag OR the image of the Irish flag itself as a true statement of peace, love and understanding.
I truly hope for peace between the North and the South of the Emerald Isle. We understand terrorism from our encounter of 9/11. The Irish and British have been living it for years.
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