I heard they made it a whole weekend this yearSomeone on the radio yesterday actually referred to it as 'St Patricks Weekend'...
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Joe Scaramanga with a G-double-O-D vibration,
Mon 17 Mar 2008, 9:15,
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The official date of the religious festivalwas moved to the 15th, so it doesn't clash with some other holy thing.
But I think all the holidays and the piss ups will stick with the 17th.
(But I think all the holidays and the piss ups will stick with the 17th.
Mystery_Bob,
Mon 17 Mar 2008, 9:18,
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