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Title: Happy Saint Urho's Day!
Post by: Scott on March 16, 2004, 01:05 PM

(http://www.sturho.com/finnflag.gif)

Anyone here Finnish?

Today is Saint Urho's Day...

(http://www.sturho.com/menahgamn/menaurho07u.jpg)

Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen

http://www.sturho.com/

Title: Re: Happy Saint Urho's Day!
Post by: Mikey D on March 16, 2004, 01:36 PM

The real holiday is tomorrow with St. Patrick's Day ;)

Title: Re: Happy Saint Urho's Day!
Post by: Scott on March 16, 2004, 03:19 PM

Real schmeal :P  Purple Beer for me tonight!

Title: Re: Happy Saint Urho's Day!
Post by: Morgbug on March 16, 2004, 04:23 PM

Erin go Bragh.  Baby.  

Color me green.

Title: Re: Happy Saint Urho's Day!
Post by: Scott on March 16, 2004, 04:29 PM

Please stay on topic, start your own damn Irish thread, this is for the Finns of this board, thanks

Title: Re: Happy Saint Urho's Day!
Post by: Scott on March 16, 2004, 04:41 PM

4 of my great grandparents emigrated from Finland to Minnesota in the later 1800's/early 1900's.  Both of them started farming in the same general area of Northwestern Minnesota.  My grandparents lived in between the two families.  My grandfather was a logger for a while and then worked for the county (he died in 1993), my grandmother was a seamstress.  My grandma still speaks fluent Finn (as do her brother and sisters).  

(http://www.monkeyshrine.com/Ast-sauna.jpg)

She has a sauna at her house, complete with wood fired stove and rocks...the whole works.  Some of my favorite memories growing up are taking sauna baths at their house in the winter.  Me, my brother and cousin would try and get the thing as hot as we could and see who could stay in the longest...

Title: Re: Happy Saint Patrick's Day!
Post by: JediMAC on March 17, 2004, 08:30 PM

So who's embibing some of the green stuff tonight?  I'd love to, but I think I'm going to be stuck in the office 'til well into the early hours of the morning...   :-\

So throw one back for me, eh?!   :-*