In honor of St Patrick’s Day being on Saturday, this week’s posts will all focus on Green and the Irish.
In preparation for this post, I spent a lot of time thinking about what it means to be Irish, is “Everyone Irish” on St. Patrick’s Day; what does this all mean. Surely there is more than Leprechauns and joke about drinking! Can I say I’m Irish?
It can be confusing to people coming from another country that I might say “I’m part Irish.” Now, I wasn’t born in Ireland, in fact I’ve never even been to Ireland. But, most of us understand that what I’m really saying is that part of my family – maybe several generations back – came from Ireland. Somehow, this is different than if they were German, Polish or from any other place. Really, this other country may influence how we were raised. For example, one set of my grandparents spoke French as their first language, a lot of the things that I learned about as a child was because of that influence. So, I think that if the influence and family history is what includes me as being French or Irish, or whatever, then everyone who is influenced by the Irish can be Irish on St. Patrick’s Day. Did you know, there are celebrations in Japan to celebrate? Kind of cool to celebrate another country.
I am an American first, but I’ll tell you that I’m half French and the rest Irish and English. My sister even took one of those DNA tests, and the results are that we are 25% Irish. So here we go – we will celebrate that portion this week.
If you claim no Irish Ancestry or influence, I hope you enjoy the content. I think it is perfect for Spring anyway. Enjoy this time and Holiday, but always be safe and responsible doing it!
I enjoyed looking for scarves to work with the purses. My scarf is vintage, my grandmothers, but there are beautiful ones in all price points.
The hydrangeas are in a Waterford bowl similar to the ones below. Waterford was started in Ireland, so I thought it was fitting to add it to this vignette.