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Thread #89855 Message #1697840
Posted By: GUEST
19-Mar-06 - 12:44 PM
Thread Name: BS: Wearin' O' the Orange on Paddy's Day
Subject: RE: BS: Wearin' O' the Orange on Paddy's Day
Hmmmm...I had forgotten that the custom being discussed also involves another anti-Irish stereotype (as John alludes to above): that of the violent Irish.
To wit, from an ezboard post:
"Re: Happy St. Patrick's Day!
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It's legend, but apparently in NYC in the 70s, if you wore orange on St. Patrick's Day, you could get stabbed."