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Browsing thru some Irish stuff I came upon a link to Celtic Gods and Godesses and found this : Anu - Ireland - goddess of plenty and Mother Earth, Greatest of all Irish goddesses, deity of cattle, health, fertility prosperity and comfort.Well, of course she would be the greatest! Just like our Anu. Happy St. Pat's Day, Anu.
WAG came from my post (I think ) and is techno-military-speak for wild ass guess. You're welcome!
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Bill, I got as far as the author's calling St. Patrick "St.Patty" and gagged. Patty is the female version. If you want to shorten the male name Patrick it's Paddy.  Tsk, tsk, tsk.
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wow, you and I have coincidence of timing. Just as you were posting this:
WAG came is techno-military-speak for wild ass guess.
I was sending this PM: "I've never heard WAG used anywhere but on this board. But I'd occasionally heard the term SWAG, standing for Stupid Wild-Ass Guess. With that in mind it didn't take much to figure out what WAG stood for!"
I hadn't known that this originated in the military. But from what little I know of how soldiers talk (for example, SNAFU), my SWAG is that the original military version was SWAG, with WAG being a cleaned-up derivative version.
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Then there is, of course, the sensational Irish step-dance show, Riverdance, and its spinoff, Lord of the Dance, which many purists say Michael Flatley ripped-off and overcommercialized to feature himself. But I liked them both. Is there any special opinion in regard to this particular debate over in Ireland, Rubrick?
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Tomorrow, my favorite St. Patrick's Day party story
the story, Juan, the story......
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the story, Juan, the story......I'm watching the biography of Irish enchantress Maureen O'Hara right now...NOTHING ELSE MATTERS!! You'll just have to wait...And who's Juan?
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Top o' the mornin' to you all! Wanted to be the first with the wearin' o' the green and the lookin' for leprecauns! Don't drink too much green beer today! 
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And as an honorary irishman [thanks, wow!] in an Irish town where the Chicago River is dyed green for this glorious day, I raise a glass (or two or three) to you all!
p.s. to max: she's first by the awad calendar, but you're always first with us.
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****A HAPPY SAINT PATRICK"S DAY TO US ALL****(and WOW you have a pleasant St. Patty's day as well) -Milo Washington. (whatsamatta, yall never heard of the Black Irish? or other-handedly, the Washington clan of Irishmen that claims George Washington as one of their descents?)
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