Folklore: Folktales & songs for St. Patrick's Day

Subject: Folklore: Folktales & songs for St. Patrick's Day
From: GUEST
Date: 05 Feb 21 - 09:40 PM

Hello

Searching for some folk tales and folk songs that would be wonderful for a family audience for a Zoom St. Patrick's Day celebration.

Any suggestions and leads would be great.I appreciate the help.

Thank you.

Rose

Subject: RE: Folklore: Folktales & songs for St. Patrick's Day
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Feb 21 - 04:46 AM

the derby ram has one verse that mentions st patrick, there is a tune called st patricks day.and thishttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAaeMKp7_C0 st patrick day song

Subject: RE: Folklore: Folktales & songs for St. Patrick's Day
From: The Sandman
Date: 06 Feb 21 - 07:34 AM

Saint Patrick was a gentleman, he came from decent people,
In Dublin town he built a church and on it put a steeple
His father was a Callahan, his mother was a Grady,
His aunt was O'Shaughnessy and uncle he was Brady
Success to bold Saint Patrick's fist,
He was a Saint so clever,
He gave the snakes an awful twist
And banished them forever
There's not a smile in Ireland's isle where the dirty vermin musters
Where'er he put his dear forefoot he murder'd them in clusters
The toads went hop, the frogs went plop, slap dash into the water
And the beasts committed suicide to save themselves from slaughter
Nine hundred thousand vipers blue he charm'd with sweet discourses
And dined on them at Killaloo an' in the second courses
When blind worms crawling on the grass disgusted all the nation
He gave them a rise and open'd their eyes to a sense of their situation
The Wicklow hills are very high and so's the hill of Howth, sir
But there's a hill much higher still, Ay, higher then them both, sir
And it was on the top of his hill, Saint Patrick preach'd the "Sarmint"
That drove the frogs into the bogs and bothered all the "varmint"

Subject: RE: Folklore: Folktales & songs for St. Patrick's Day
From: GUEST,Susan-Marie
Date: 06 Feb 21 - 03:06 PM

Star of the County Down
Paddy's Green Shamrock Shores
The Old Dun Cow

Subject: RE: Folklore: Folktales & songs for St. Patrick's Day
From: reggie miles
Date: 07 Feb 21 - 02:15 AM

Well, in honor of the great J Pat O'Malley who starred in one of my favororite Twilight Zone episodes, "The Fugitive" (3/9/1962 Season 3 Episode 25), you might consider offering one of his wonderful recitations. My favorite is one he recorded that was written by Paul Gerard Smith called, Herbert And The Kidnappers