Alpo Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Since Saint Patrick's Day is approaching, and people are thinking all things Irish --- Leprechauns. Why would leprechauns like shamrocks? You see it in the pictures all the time. If there's a leprechaun, odds are real good that he's got a shamrock. Now as I understand it, St Patrick used the shamrock to teach Christianity. Three in one. The father, the son, and the holy Ghost, and they're all the same thing. And he used the three lobes of the shamrock to illustrate his point. But leprechauns are pagan. All the fey folk - leprechauns, elves, brownies, nymphs - are pagan. Why would a pagan like a Christian symbol? Just doesn't really make sense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Texas Joker Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 They're not pagan they're fey. Otherfolk. When the aliens show up I bet the correlate with the old legends. If you went Underhill you might return and find out 80 years had passed in a short time for you. Relativity anyone? Magical powers defined by Arthur c Clarke. Any sufficiently advanced tech is indistinguishable from magic. Or maybe shamrocks are associated with nature and so are leprechauns Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 clover whiskey ? most anything , can be fermented CB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Forty Rod SASS 3935 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 I had a Ponder once. It got terrible mileage and the wheels fell off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rye Miles #13621 Posted March 12, 2023 Share Posted March 12, 2023 Maybe because there's no such thing as leprechauns?? Just a guess.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 I had an uncle Ponder! As a wee tyke, I could not say "Palmer". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 It's nothing more than Sassenacs throwing a couple of symbols of Ireland into an image. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sedalia Dave Posted March 13, 2023 Share Posted March 13, 2023 On 3/11/2023 at 11:31 PM, Alpo said: Since Saint Patrick's Day is approaching, and people are thinking all things Irish --- Leprechauns. Why would leprechauns like shamrocks? You see it in the pictures all the time. If there's a leprechaun, odds are real good that he's got a shamrock. Now as I understand it, St Patrick used the shamrock to teach Christianity. Three in one. The father, the son, and the holy Ghost, and they're all the same thing. And he used the three lobes of the shamrock to illustrate his point. But leprechauns are pagan. All the fey folk - leprechauns, elves, brownies, nymphs - are pagan. Why would a pagan like a Christian symbol? Just doesn't really make sense. Keep in mind that early Christians adopted many Pagan symbols. But as was pointed out earlier Fey Folk are not Pagan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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