art by Joanne Colbert
Dearest Brighid,
May I keep my mouth shut today and not tell people “pog mo thoin”. Let me allow ignorant non-Irish to pinch me and not punch them. Give me the inspiration and the grace to be a person of peace on this day celebrating a misogynistic, intolerant, old Scottish troll. Help me not be tempted to take the hammer of your forge to the unsuspecting heads of the annoying.
Lady, give me strength of character not bludgeon people with history and let them keep their drunken hysteria.
So mote it be! Lady, please give me peace.
Adventures and Musings of an Arch Druidess 
Hear hear!
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I don’t get it — I’ve lived in L.A. for 28 years and I don’t know of a single adult here who would pinch because of the lack of green….Sorry that you seem to endure this torture every year!
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You just don’t know any suitably motivated idiots. You’re lucky. Since my jaw still hurts I took the day off.
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I’d never pinch! 🙂 Just such a silly thing. Never understood it when I was a kid either. But since I went to an Irish Catholic church, we always wore green!
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