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Special Edition BRIDGES East Hartford Senior Center SPECIAL EDITION XII 70 Canterbury Street East Hartford, CT 06118 https://www.easthartfordct.gov A LITTLE BIT OF IRISH! IRELAND ADVENTURE! With Tom TBone Stankus With Kathy Gregory Tom TBone Stankus (a nice Lithuanian/Polish boy) After a year of being “cooped up” M it’s time for some transforms into Tommy O'Stankus the entire month ADVENTURE! Please join our new videoentertainer of March when he performs the best of Irish music friend, Kathy Gregory, for a virtual trip through and stories for your viewing pleasure. So make sure IRELAND! Together you will visit interesting you wear your green and get your "Irish" on as we destinations and hear legendary lore unique to the celebrate St. Patrick's Day with TBone's special Emerald Isle, (all while searching for the elusive show called "A Little Bit of Irish"! Leprechaun and his pot of Gold!) Fun and History M you can’t beat that! Meet you at Dublin Airport! https://youtu.be/4nFWBJdYXTo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLJGMv8XI5U ST. PATRICK’S DAY QUIZ 1. If you’re out looking for a pot of gold, and you come across a leprechaun with a shillelagh (pronounced shalay’li) that would mean he: a. Is carrying a big stick b. Has a fourleaf clover. c. Is walking a potbellied pig. 2. Which of the following animal legends if told about St. Patrick? a. He chased away rats by playing his flute. b. He could talk to the birds. c. He drove the snakes out of Ireland. 3. Legend has it if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will: a. Have seven years of bad luck. b. Gain the “gift of gab”. c. Turn green. 4. The name Patrick is derived from the Latin saying for: a. “Father of his people.” b. “Hunter of Snakes.” c. “Brilliant light.” 5. The expression Erin Go Bragh means: a. Kiss Me, I’m Irish. b. Ireland Forever. c. Everybody’s Irish. answers on page 4 Special Edition XII 2021 East Hartford Senior Center Newsletter Page 2 WE ARE AVAILABLE Did you know that East Hartford Senior BY PHONE AND EMAIL! Services has a grocery delivery program for residents age 60 and older? You pay East Hartford Senior Center & Senior Services for the cost of your groceries from Geissler’s Monday Friday, 8:30 AM 4:30 PM Supermarket in East Windsor and the delivery fee is Vincent Sartori Senior Services Assistant paid for (every other week) by a grant from the North 8605684281 Central Area Agency on Aging (NCAAA) and [email protected] Masonic Charity Foundation. Geissler’s has made it easy. You call in your groceries and they deliver them Victoria Liberator Senior Services Coordinator to your door. Consider this program for the upcoming 8605695659 winter months! Donations are accepted for this [email protected] program. For more info or to register please call Lillian at 8605695671 or Vicki at 8605695659. Lillian Miceli Caseworker 8605695671 [email protected] The Senior Center is offering the Community Renewal Team’s (CRT) HANDS TOUCHING HEARTS Grab ‘n Go meal program in place of our Ann M. Cosgrove, Artist/Owner daily Community Cafes. On Wednesdays Annspirations! www.Anns.work we offer five frozen meals, milk, cheese, yogurt, fruit and some snacks too. The meals can be picked up at I am a graphic artist in Vernon. I’m writing to the Senior Center or delivered to your home if you do introduce you to a program I originated called not have transportation. Donations are accepted for Hands Touching Hearts. It’s a global outreach effort this program. Registration for this program is required. that gives Americans of all ages the opportunity to Please call Lillian at 8605695671 or Vicki at create handcrafted keepsakes for United States 860 5695659 to sign up initially, no later than military personnel. The thankyou gifts are Friday by 10 AM, for the following week. distributed free of charge to activeduty service members, reservists and veterans. Since the Foodshare Mobile Pantry East Hartford inception of Hands Touching Hearts in 2017, participants have numbered in the thousands and Mondays, 3/8 & 3/22 ranged in age from 2 to 102! 9:00 9:30 AM Hockanum Park, 75 Hamilton Road The first gift I designed for Hands Touching Hearts is a medal of appreciation for activeduty service Mondays, 3/1, 3/15 & 3/29 members. While presenting medaldecorating sessions in hightraffic locations, I’ve met many 1:30 2:00 PM veterans and I've been wanting to create a gift for Veterans Terrace, 102 Columbus Street them, too. They definitely deserve it! Mondays, 3/3 & 3/17 I recently completed a special banner for veterans 1:15 2:00 PM and I want our World War II veterans to be the first Summerfield Townhouses, 66 Plain Drive to receive the gifts. You may also visit my website, www.Anns.work. Click on "Salute Our Troops" and Mondays, 3/8 & 3/22 then on Item # ANN2001. Once you learn about 12:30 1:15 PM the program, you’ll see why I have a special place St. Isaac Jogues Lower Church Parking Lot in my heart for the Greatest Generation. I would like 41 Home Terrace to distribute the banners to East Hartford WWII Mobile Foodshare distributions are held in outdoor venues, veterans. and there is strict enforcement of social distancing. Please bring your own bags. Please call the Senior Center to register for a banner if you are or know an East Hartford WWII veteran! ASK THE LAWYER with Attorney Robert Hale Glenn Davis & EHCTV Present: Flexible Dates Traveling With Glenn Wednesdays at: 7 AM, 1 PM & 7 PM FREE One 20 minute appointment via Comcast: Channel 5 telephone or online ZOOM call. Please call the Senior Frontier: Channel 6016 Center for more information. Page 3 East Hartford Senior Center Newsletter Special Edition XII 2021 Seven Fun Facts about St. Patrick’s Day While St. Patrick’s Day is now associated with wearing green, parades (when they're not canceled) and beer, the holiday is grounded in history that dates back more than 1,500 years. The earliest known celebration was held on March 17, 1631, marking the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick in the 5th century. Learn more about the holiday’s history and how it evolved into the event it is today. 1. The Real St. Patrick Was Born in Britain Much of what is known about St. Patrick's life has been interwoven with folklore and legend. Historians generally believe that St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, was born in Britain (not Ireland) near the end of the 4th century. At age 16 he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and sold as a slave to a Celtic priest in Northern Ireland. After toiling for six years as a shepherd, he escaped back to Britain. He eventually returned to Ireland as a Christian missionary. 2. There Were No Snakes Around for St. Patrick to Banish from Ireland Among the legends associated with St. Patrick is that he stood atop an Irish hillside and banished snakes from IrelandNprompting all serpents to slither away into the sea. In fact, research suggests snakes never occupied the Emerald Isle in the first place. There are no signs of snakes in the country’s fossil record. And water has surrounded Ireland since the last glacial period. Before that, the region was covered in ice and would have been too cold for the reptiles. 3. Leprechauns Are Likely Based on Celtic Fairies Leprechauns are known as mischievous Irish fairies. The redhaired, greenclothed Leprechaun is commonly associated with St. Patrick’s Day. The original Irish name for these figures of folklore is “lobaircin,” meaning “smallbodied fellow.” Belief in leprechauns likely stems from Celtic belief in fairiesN tiny men and women who could use their magical powers to serve good or evil. In Celtic folktales, leprechauns were cranky souls, responsible for mending the shoes of the other fairies. 4. The Shamrock Was Considered a Sacred Plant Threeleaf clovers symbolize spring. The shamrock, a threeleaf clover, has been associated with Ireland for centuries. It was called the “seamroy” by the Celts and was considered a sacred plant that symbolized the arrival of spring. According to legend, St. Patrick used the plant as a visual guide when explaining the Holy Trinity. By the 17th century, the shamrock had become a symbol of emerging Irish nationalism. 5. The First St. Patrick’s Day Parade Was Held in America While people in Ireland had celebrated St. Patrick since the 1600s, the tradition of a St. Patrick’s Day parade began in America and actually predates the founding of the United States. Records show that a St. Patrick’s Day parade was held on March 17, 1601 in a Spanish colony in what is now St. Augustine, Florida. The parade, and a St. Patrick’s Day celebration a year earlier were organized by the Spanish Colony's Irish vicar Ricardo Artur. More than a century later, homesick Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched in Boston in 1737 and in New York City on March 17. Enthusiasm for the St. Patrick’s Day parades in New York City, Boston and other early American cities only grew from there. In 2020, parades throughout the country, including in New York City and Boston were canceled or postponed for the first time in decades due to the outbreak of the COVID19 virus. 6. The Irish Were Once Scorned in America While Irish Americans are now proud to showcase their heritage, the Irish were not always celebrated by fellow Americans.
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