eamon brady

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[Jonathan Mills @Muinchille]

And in today's #Brexit, "Who knew that would happen?"

Real Brexit hasn't been tried yet... 😀

[Terru @KOSTerru]

@Nigel_Farage @KemiBadenoch I’ve joined 15 times already today!

[John O Brien. @irishfabian]

@2608ted @Msoe_Dublin Your work reminds me of the St Vincent de Paul. Helpinging people with dignity.

[eamon brady @2608ted]

@Boskycopse @peterandann The news media need to platform Farage to boost their ratings

[eamon brady @2608ted]

@Msoe_Dublin @Msoe_Dublin are doing a fantastic service for the people of Dublin who are less fortunate than most . I cannot praise you enough. Buíochas mhór dhíobh 🙏🙏👍👍

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[Robert Reid @RReidFU]

Be like Ione.

Be like Spain.

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[Roman History @romanhistory1]

Today 211AD Emperor Geta was murdered at the age of 22. He was the younger son of Septimius Severus by his second wife Julia Domna. Caracalla killed his brother in order to gain full command of the Roman Empire. The brothers had co-ruled with their father since 209

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@EricTrump Eric Trump is the most entitled, privileged white man alive. And all he does is BITCH and WHINE about everything.

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Christmas can be a quiet time

[BUCHANAN: Dublin Time Machine @RobLooseCannon]

Saint Stephen's Day, also known as the "Day of the Wren", has some fascinating legends and traditions. St. Stephen was a martyr who was stoned to death when a wren gave away his hiding place to his enemies.

Another myth says some Celtic warriors' sneak attack on a Viking camp was foiled when a wren alerted them by pecking on a drum or bodhrán. A more modern tale sets the story in Penal Times, with Catholic peasants about to ambush brutal Protestant soldiers when the "Devil's bird" warns the dastardly villains who slay the poor peasants.

For centuries in rural Ireland, the 26th of December was the day of the "Wren Boys". Lads go hunting for wrens, then throw stones to kill them. The poor birdie would then be tied to a stick, or a holly brush, and paraded around the village. The Wren Boys go door to door singing, dancing, and causing noisy mayhem collecting money to “bury the wren”. Not nice to endure with a Christmas hangover!

The boys wore fancy dress, often in drag as women or with scruffy torn clothes. They also wore intimidating face paint or "agaidh fidil" and played tin whistles and fiddles. A traditional song they'd sing was :
"The Wren, the Wren, the King of the Birds.
On Stephen’s Day, he was caught in the furze.
Up with the kettle and down with the pan
Give us your answer and let us be gone!"

Mercifully nowadays most Wren Boys use a fake bird on a sweeping brush. And girls can get involved in the fun too, collecting money for local charities.

This ancient Irish tradition is related to the Cornish tradition of Mummers. There's a universal myth across the world that a bird betrays someone holy, causing their death. It even pops up in the Bible. Happy Stephen's Day!

[❀ N ✿ @8zal]

#BREAKING

There are no silent nights in Palestine.

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