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Hang around until March 17th. We\'re all Irish on that day.

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My grandfather, who was born in Ireland but emigrated to the US as a small child, used to say that the reason everyone in America celebrated St. Patrick\'s Day was that a country that could turn even the Irish into hard-working, upstanding citizens had a right to celebrate that accomplishment.