tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post5257385143748761807..comments2024-03-27T02:55:10.109-07:00Comments on Irish Papist: Turning Back TimeMaolsheachlannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-90194039054916745162013-11-05T10:10:12.584-08:002013-11-05T10:10:12.584-08:00It's quite nifty to get an observer's view...It's quite nifty to get an observer's view of tradition in America. One does tend to take a lot of those aspects for granted. I suppose there is a general feeling here that our country is younger, less rooted, if you will, without the weight to carry off "tradition," (I'm not saying I feel like that myself particularly, but then again, with Catholicism woven through my upbringing, I do find it rather hard to separate religious traditions from secular ones.) -Molly<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-17855294295964501042013-10-27T11:39:46.447-07:002013-10-27T11:39:46.447-07:00Best of luck organizing the brass band, although t...Best of luck organizing the brass band, although the wee hours is a daring time to have such an entertainment. It is rather ironic that I've been posting horror stories to the (ghostly) band playing, but the only scare I manage to bring about is by making a lady think she missed Mass!!<br /><br />Seriously, I think Americans actually "do" tradition and ceremony better than Europeans. You have prom nights, Knights of Columbus, Daughters of the American Revolution, fraternities and sororities, fight songs, and all the rest of it. The irony is that so many Americans, in the tradition of Henry James and T.S. Eliot, have looked to Europe for the graces and refinement and civilization they felt their homeland lacked, when I think America is more civilized and ceremonial, not less. Maolsheachlannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09406722311993627528noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-32242808410946040392013-10-27T10:16:32.762-07:002013-10-27T10:16:32.762-07:00Time changes would indeed be ever so much more enj...Time changes would indeed be ever so much more enjoyable if they were attended by ceremony of that magnitude. I'm all for the brass band. (And really, if you're going to do so momentous a thing as mess with time, it *ought* to be commemorated more than it is.) <br /><br />In other news, you caused momentary panic in the States; I sat down to read your blog with a cup of coffee, having slept in quite late, and, being greeted with the news that there had been a time change, began to repent of my decision and wonder if I could still make the late Mass. Luckily for me, as it turns out, the time change here isn't until next week. There is still plenty of time to get a band together. -MollyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7091756463128804432.post-83627183420606919992013-10-27T07:44:01.789-07:002013-10-27T07:44:01.789-07:00I too enjoy occasions that raise a good spirit in ...I too enjoy occasions that raise a good spirit in people like Christmas, Easter, and (dare I say) Halloween. Still, I've never really understood the point of changing the times. I have heard it has to do with giving more daylight to farmers, but I still don't see the point.Antainenoreply@blogger.com