St Paddy’s Day Observation …

As long-time readers of rogueclassicism know, I always get bugged when newspaper types try to hammer a Roman origin onto anything, most egregiously, trying to tie Lupercalia to Valentine’s Day. But as I was sitting here grumbling about this wonky internet connection, it occurred to me that it seems very strange that same newspaper types don’t seem to ever try to make a connection between St Patrick’s Day and the Roman Liberalia, which actually fall on the exact same day and — other than the verdantiness of the modern celebration and the coming-of-age aspect of the ancient — seem to involve pretty much the same activities.