Rare Rainbows End Photo

End Of The Rainbow Treasure

The Grassy Knoll Institute has photographic proof that rainbows really do have a beginning and an end. The photo at the top clearly shows a double rainbow with one of them touching down right smack dab in the center of the street in the town of Dublin, Ireland.At first, the townsfolk stood and stared at the amazing rainbow and how beautiful and awe inspiring nature can be in all it's splendor. But sadly, seconds later a riot broke out as it finally dawned on the townsfolk that there was a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. Hundreds of people rushed to the center of the street in search of the gold but alas none was to be had.

News cameras were rolling taping the scene for the evening news when the Grassy Knoll Institute crew noticed a wee little man walking very slowly away from the scene carrying something under his coat. The little man was heard mumbling something under his breath about no one gettin their hands on me gold. In an instant, the wee little man vanished.

Only in Ireland.

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Attack On St. Patricks Day

On a mild March morning in Dublin, Ireland, giant aliens attacked without warning. Kicking off the festivities and the three day St. Patrick's Day parade, a balloon of gigantic proportions of St. Patrick himself, came into view signaling the start of the parade. In a bold and daring move, giant aliens hidden inside the balloon, sliced it open and descended upon the unsuspecting crowd of partygoers.On a positive note, the balloon did win "Best Irish Theme."

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Halloween - Another Irish Holiday Tradition

St. Patrick's Day is a very popular Irish holiday celebrated with parades, dances, singing, bagpipes, and plenty of social gatherings at the favorite watering holes across the nation to hoist a few pints of Guinness beer. But did you know that St. Patrick's Day is not the most popular Irish holiday in the states? Halloween is!

The word Halloween, derived from All Hollows Eve and All Saints Day, is a Catholic holy day honoring the saints on November 1st. But in Ireland, it was called Samhain, and the Celtic Druids celebrated October 31st, which was the last day of Summer to them, with a huge festival and feast. The feast was intended to ward off evil spirits from coming down from the hills during their harvest and stealing and poisoning the crop.

Legend has it that evil spirits would wait until nightfall during harvest until the villagers retired to their huts for the evening and then steal and destroy the crop leaving the village at the mercy of the spirits to survive through the Winter.

The villagers thought they would fight fire with fire and scare the spirits so much they would not enter their village. So, on October 31st, the villagers would extinguish the fires lit in their homes, hollow out large ghords, and dress themselves as evil spirits. The villagers would then carve evil faces and sayings in the ghords, light them on fire and place them at the base of their village. Another ghord would be left on each villagers entrance to block the spirits from entering the homes. The villagers would then go door to door chanting prayers to ward off the evil spirits making as much noise as they could.

This practice went on for centuries and only when the Irish emigrated to the United States in the 1840's during the great potato famine, did Halloween catch on and become an American tradition. Today, kids dress up as evil spirits, go house to house yelling trick or treat, as Jack O Lanterns adorn many homes door steps.

And you thought you only celebrated one Irish holiday.

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Traditional Irish Courting Gone Bad

Traditional Irish Courting

As Irish tradition goes, a young couple could only go date under the watchful eye of their matchmaker, or another agreed upon chaperone. The chaperone would be with the couple every step of the way in the courting ritual making sure both were compatible.In the photo at top, it looks like the man has had enough of courting, and of his future mother-in-law for the day as he locked them both up in his cart on his long and now quiet ride home.

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Lost World Of Atlantis Found

Lost World Of Atlantis Found

Is the fabled Hy-Brasil Island off the Coast of Ireland the Lost World Of Atlantis?

Staying on the Irish theme with St. Patrick's Day just hours away, I found an interesting story on the lost world of Atlantis and to my astonishment Ireland is directly connected to the mythical lost world that ancient Greek scholar Plato described eons ago. When you compare his description, it is uncannily accurate to that of Ireland. Here is the story about the island that is only visible every seven years.

A new book investigating the myth of Atlantis says that the mythical land was actually the island of Ireland. The claim is made by geologist Ulf Erlingsson in his book "Atlantis from a Geographer’s Perspective: Mapping the Fairy Land," who is to visit Ireland on August 11 to 13.

In his book Erlingsson bases his evidence on Plato's description of Atlantis which, according to Erlinsson, matches Ireland perfectly. Statistically, the scientist claims, the probability is over 99.98% that Plato was describing Ireland.

Erlingsson says: "Just like Atlantis, Ireland is 300 miles long, 200 miles wide, and widest over the middle. They both feature a central plain that is open to the sea, but fringed by mountains. No other island on earth even comes close to this description."

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Worlds Largest Guinness Beer

Worlds Largest Guinness Beer

Giant aliens, in their attempt to take over the world, has taken a step back and paused on this great Irish holiday apparently to consume mass quantities of Guinness Beer. This lucky lad got a full glass of Guinness as a souvenir.

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Traditional Irish Food

As St. Patrick's Day rapidly approaches, I present to you traditional Irish dishes that I have had. The photo's are not my own however, but rest assured, I have tasted all these dishes.

Traditional Irish Stew

To begin, we start with Irish Stew. Ingredients are mutton, but the stew I ate had lean beef cubes in place of the mutton, peeled and un-peeled potatoes, carrots, cut onions, beef broth, and spices of salt, pepper, and parsley, and chives. With the beef cubes, it is delicious. With mutton, not good at all.

Irish Soda Bread

Next up is Soda Bread to compliment the stew. You could stop right here and have a complete meal, but why should we? Soda bread is not my style, its to doughy, sort of like unfinished angel food cake.

Irish Shepherds Pie

Another dish is Shepherds Pie. Its encased in a lightly breaded baked crust, filled with carrots, potatoes, onions, spices, and either beef or lamb. Sometimes you can find turnips as well mixed in the thick gravy, but the Grassy Knoll Institute does not recommend them.

Irish Potato Cakes

Of course, no meal is complete without Potato Cakes that can be found with almost every lunch and dinner, and sometimes breakfast. They are exactly what you think, potatoes, flour, a little onions and peppers, butter or lard, and you cook them or fry which is preferred to a light golden brown. These are not "Arbys Potato Cakes."

Irish Fish And Chips

Most believe this next dish, Fish And Chips are an English dish. Yes, it is, but is also a very popular Irish dish as well. The fish is cod, lightly coated in beer batter, and fried to a golden brown. Chips, or french fries, are cooked to a crunch. Delicious.

Corned Beef And Cabbage

And finally, Corned Beef And Cabbage. The beef is thinly sliced on homemade bread, and the cabbage, oh I hate cabbage, stinks to high heaven. Many people love the cabbage, but not me.

Anyway, these are just a few traditional Irish food dishes.





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Ancient Irish Harvest Chant

The Grassy Knoll Institute would like to share with you an ancient Irish harvest chant. Each year during the last week of September through the entire month of October, the native Irish would wake at dawn, go out to their fields, and repeat this magic chant over and over and each time speaking it louder and faster.

This powerful chant was and still used primarily for three very important reasons:
#1 To ensure that the harvest would be successful and bountiful so as to keep their family fed all year. A poor harvest and the family could be doomed.
#2 To ward off evil spirits. Halloween, as we now know it, was derived from ancient Celtic Druids who used this chant at harvest time. It kept the evil spirits from descending upon the village during harvest time to destroy the crop.
#3 To gain great wisdom. It is said that if the chant is repeated enough through the years, you will become wealthy and wise. It does take some practice, so don't worry if you cannot say it correctly at first. You will get it eventually.

Here are the instructions:
To begin, speak very clearly and slowly and use the pause until you become familiar with the words. Enunciate each word.

Then, repeat the chant without the pause and keep repeating it out loud faster and faster until you become very wise. The chant works well very quickly.
Caution: You must speak the chant out loud.

You cannot whisper it or say it silently.
It must be spoken aloud for the chant to work.

Ooooooh waaaaaah (pause)
Taaaaaaa foooooo (pause)
Lie aaaammmmmm (pause)

Good luck and Happy St. Patrick's Day To Ye.

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