How to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day When You’re One-Sixteenth Irish

How to Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day When You’re One-Sixteenth Irish


• Wear green shoelaces.

• Put a spoonful of Lucky Charms in your Cheerios.

• Gargle with Jameson, then spit it out.

• Listen to Bonnie Raitt sing “A Stór Mo Chroí” with the Chieftains.

• Look at the Blarney Stone. Think about walking over and saying hi.

• Instead of watching a whole parade, ask your next-door neighbor to throw a handful of candy at you and yell, “Erin go Bragh!” as he backs out of the driveway.

• Dye a puddle green.

• Order fries from the dollar menu at McDonald’s.

• Make a step dance line that’s one person long.

• Have one child.

– One, and only one, of Jay Gabler’s great-great-grandparents was from Ireland.