Happy St. Patrick's Day!

conyat
Sun, 18 Mar 2007 10:06:14 +0000

On another note, in New Orleans, we more or less celebrate St. Paddy’s and St. Joseph’s Day together with one big Irish/Italian parade. (Cabbage, carrots and potatoes are thrown).

But there are also some traditions that are unique to St. Joseph’s (which is tomorrow):

The St. Joseph’s Day altars.
http://www.houstonculture.org/laproject/stjo.html

St. Joseph’s night (a high holiday for the Mardi Gras Indian tribes):

http://www.nola.com/mardigras/about/index.ssf?/mardigras/about/content/stories/supersunday_04.html

How important is St. Joseph’s in New Orleans? When my grandmother was born in her parent’s home in the French Quarter on St. Joseph’s Day, 1890, all other names were dismissed; there was no option but Josephine.

My St. Joseph’s lilies should be blooming right now, but from the looks of things, they’re about two weeks away.