Volume 8 Issue 6 The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society  Thursday, March 3rd  7:00 p.m.  12th & Connection— Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  Membership Dues to: Marilyn Lawson  Singles: $15.00 yearly Couples: $20.00 yearly The Emigrants Savings Bank 2 Mom Always Said…. 2 New Kamilche, March 28th 2 Identifying Your Kinship 3 Boxty— Irish Potato Pancakes 4 Inside this issue: St. Patrick‟s Day is cele- brated with parades, din- ner of corned beef and cabbage, and drinking green beer. It was origi- nally a holy day with fami- lies attending Mass. Ac- cording to Bridget Haggerty in her article Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Old Ireland (http:// www.iriscultureandcusto ms.com/ACalend/ StPatsDay.html) the chil- dren “proudly wore a St. Patrick‟s Cross.” They would spend the days prior making their crosses. “The boys cross consisted of a three-inch square of white paper on which was drawn a circle divided by elliptical lines. Each compartment was shaded in with a different color. For yellow, an egg yolk..green could be had by chew- ing young grass; laundry blue pro- vided an- other shade; and red, well, it was a cross for a little boy and one can only imagine how proud he must have been to sacrifice a few drops of blood in honor of St. Patrick.” The finished cross was worn, military style, on his cap. The cross for the little girl was a bit fancier. “It was formed by placing two three-inch pieces of cardboard or stiff paper at right angles to each other. To hold them in position, they were wrapped with ribbons of different colors and then a green rosette was placed in the center.” These were worn either pinned at the right shoulder or on her chest. One icon of the day is the shamrock. It is said to stem from a Irish tale that Patrick would use the three-leafed shamrock to help with his expla- nation of the Trinity. He used it in his ser- mons to signify how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate ele- ments of the same en- tity. Celebrating St Patrick March 2011 Irish Newspaper Archives Investigate your Irish roots this St. Patrick's Day by digging up some obituaries, birth and marriage announce- ments in the Irish Newspaper Archives (http:// irishnewspaperar- chives.com). Not all years are com- plete for a given news- paper, though. Searches are free, but you have to register and pay to view articles. You have the choice of 24 or 48 hours, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year of a paid subscription. You can search on a key- word plus a date range and publication, or browse individual issues by date. March Meeting ? Children are the rainbow of life Grandchildren are the pot of gold , OCR Text: Volume 8 Issue 6 The Mason Log Mason County Genealogical Society  Thursday, March 3rd  7:00 p.m.  12th & Connection— Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints  Membership Dues to: Marilyn Lawson  Singles: $15.00 yearly Couples: $20.00 yearly The Emigrants Savings Bank 2 Mom Always Said…. 2 New Kamilche, March 28th 2 Identifying Your Kinship 3 Boxty— Irish Potato Pancakes 4 Inside this issue: St. Patrick‟s Day is cele- brated with parades, din- ner of corned beef and cabbage, and drinking green beer. It was origi- nally a holy day with fami- lies attending Mass. Ac- cording to Bridget Haggerty in her article Celebrating St. Patrick’s Day in Old Ireland (http:// www.iriscultureandcusto ms.com/ACalend/ StPatsDay.html) the chil- dren “proudly wore a St. Patrick‟s Cross.” They would spend the days prior making their crosses. “The boys cross consisted of a three-inch square of white paper on which was drawn a circle divided by elliptical lines. Each compartment was shaded in with a different color. For yellow, an egg yolk..green could be had by chew- ing young grass; laundry blue pro- vided an- other shade; and red, well, it was a cross for a little boy and one can only imagine how proud he must have been to sacrifice a few drops of blood in honor of St. Patrick.” The finished cross was worn, military style, on his cap. The cross for the little girl was a bit fancier. “It was formed by placing two three-inch pieces of cardboard or stiff paper at right angles to each other. To hold them in position, they were wrapped with ribbons of different colors and then a green rosette was placed in the center.” These were worn either pinned at the right shoulder or on her chest. One icon of the day is the shamrock. It is said to stem from a Irish tale that Patrick would use the three-leafed shamrock to help with his expla- nation of the Trinity. He used it in his ser- mons to signify how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate ele- ments of the same en- tity. Celebrating St Patrick March 2011 Irish Newspaper Archives Investigate your Irish roots this St. Patrick's Day by digging up some obituaries, birth and marriage announce- ments in the Irish Newspaper Archives (http:// irishnewspaperar- chives.com). Not all years are com- plete for a given news- paper, though. Searches are free, but you have to register and pay to view articles. You have the choice of 24 or 48 hours, 1 week, 1 month or 1 year of a paid subscription. You can search on a key- word plus a date range and publication, or browse individual issues by date. March Meeting ? Children are the rainbow of life Grandchildren are the pot of gold , Mason County Genealogical Society,Mason Logs,Mason Logs,2011,March+2011.pdf,March+2011.pdf Page 1, March+2011.pdf Page 1