Happy St. Patrick's Day (Poem)

[cambrensis]

Ah! Of course! Sorry...my brain did not click into Norse. As you say "artistic licence" - that allows all.

[tony41]

I wonder why a poem by Rudyard Kipling about Ulster is considered appropriate in a thread about St Patrick's Day?

[cambrensis]

I wonder why a poem by Rudyard Kipling about Ulster is considered appropriate in a thread about St Patrick's Day?

People get confused about all sorts of things when an island like ours has so many different antecedents! The craziest one is when they think "great" means "important" when in fact it means "large" (as in G.B.)

[tony41]

People get confused about all sorts of things when an island like ours has so many different antecedents! The craziest one is when they think "great" means "important" when in fact it means "large" (as in G.B.)

I think you are being quite charitable ascribing it to confusion. I suspect it was deliberately provocative

[cambrensis]

I think you are being quite charitable ascribing it to confusion. I suspect it was deliberately provocative

Latecomers waving a flag for no reason are best ignored! (Now you have me thinking of Dr Johnson!)