My Favorite Things
About March
First would be St.
Patrick’s Day. This
holiday is held on March 17, and is the annual feast day that celebrates St.
Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. I like this day so much because I am of
Irish descent – my great, great, great grandfather, Patrick Boyle was born in
Donegal, Ireland in the late 1700s. There is another reason I love St.
Patrick’s Day – the meal we always prepare, corned beef and cabbage, my
favorite.
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| StarShine Students at a St. Patrick's Day Party |
The Ides of March
(March 15) has
always fascinated me. Julius Caesar was killed in 44 B.C. on this date. The
story, according to Plutarch, is that a seer had foreseen that Caesar would be
harmed no later than the Ides of March. Caesar met that seer and joked, “The
Ides of March have come.” The seer replied, “Ay, Caesar, but not gone.”
StarShine’s Spring
Break is a special
time for me. For seven or more years, Jan and I have taken a trip together
during this break from her duties and my volunteering at StarShine.
My dear departed
mother, Lois Boyle, was born in March.
Celebrations of our
family birthdays – This
is the month we celebrate the birthdays of our son and his daughter, our
granddaughter.
Lenten Season (a
prelude to Easter) usually
comes sometime in March.
In March, we also
celebrate these lesser-known holidays:
- National Craft Month
- National Frozen Food Month
- National Nutrition Month
- Women’s History Month
- American Red Cross Month
- Umbrella Month
- Music In Our Schools Month
By Lois Jamieson
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