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Post by angelsamongus on Feb 12, 2015 20:52:15 GMT -6
I remember Main st. Painted green for St. Patty's Day, I was told it was a "Solon" tradition.
Not being from Streator I associated the name "Solon" with Solon Funeral Home.
My father knew part of the Solon family through work in Bloomington; they were our first official....... " welcome to / greeters " to Streator back in 1979.
Was the road painted in the middle of the night for business owners to attract customers on Main St. in the mornings? I never understood the correlation, just thought it had something to do with St. Patricks Day?
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Post by ~MnM~ on Feb 17, 2015 22:09:45 GMT -6
I remember Main st. Painted green for St. Patty's Day, I was told it was a "Solon" tradition. Not being from Streator I associated the name "Solon" with Solon Funeral Home. My father knew part of the Solon family through work in Bloomington; they were our first official....... " welcome to / greeters " to Streator back in 1979. Was the road painted in the middle of the night for business owners to attract customers on Main St. in the mornings? I never understood the correlation, just thought it had something to do with St. Patricks Day? The Sons and Friends of Erin are the local group of men who went out and painted all of the shamrocks everywhere though the night all over town, and would also be the ones to move the local Blarney Stone to a different location year to year. Solon and Hatzer men are members of this group, among many many others. They'd start out by having a mass at St. Stephen's Church...then progress all through the day. They still do this today too. Throughout all of the years of these guys playing lil leprechauns there was only ONE business downtown who the wife of thought it was pretty tacky to say the least that they "DARE" put a shamrock right in front of their business door...........lol. In DD's infamous words............ PPFFFTTTTT.............................. M
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Post by angelsamongus on Feb 18, 2015 2:44:10 GMT -6
Thank you; MnM for the information. I knew it involved St. Patricks Day, I didn't understand the reason for the tradition.
Not being of Irish ethnicity nor Catholic; St. Patricks Day was seen as a day to wear green or get pinched during my years of Grade School. I recall making shamrocks out of construction paper then pinning them to our blouses / shirts, MANY years ago.
The same for my children growing up in Streator public schools, this Irish tradition was not included as part of the school curriculum taught.
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Post by Anonymous on Feb 18, 2015 6:56:34 GMT -6
MM I am assuming that these are much older just from the look of them. I have one of those Badge a Minit machine presses, which I know nothing about..or even how, or if it works. Never knew that it was made in Oglesby though, thanks for letting me know that. M Thanks so much MnM for titling this thread the way you did. I can't get the song by the same name out of my head. lol Oh, well. There are worse songs I could be singing.
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Post by helencrump on Feb 18, 2015 7:31:53 GMT -6
There are many different traditions in separate towns about the nation. The white house places green dye in a fountain on the lawn.
Initial celebrations started with Protestants in the colonies. Among those celebrating are Protestant, Lutherans, and Catholics.
From Wikipedia:
Seattle and other cities paint the traffic stripe of their parade routes green. Chicago dyes its river green and has done so since 1962 when sewer workers used green dye to check for sewer discharges and had the idea to turn the river green for Saint Patrick's Day. Originally 100 pounds of vegetable dye was used to turn the river green for a whole week but now only forty pounds of dye is used and the colour only lasts for several hours.[27] Indianapolis also dyes its main canal green. Savannah dyes its downtown city fountains green. Missouri University of Science and Technology - St Pat's Board Alumni paint 12 city blocks kelly green with mops before the annual parade.[citation needed] In Jamestown, New York, the Chadakoin River (a small tributary that connects Conewango Creek with its source at Chautauqua Lake) is dyed green each year.
Columbia, South Carolina, dyes its fountain green in the area known as Five Points (a popular collegiate location near the University of South Carolina).
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Post by ~MnM~ on Feb 23, 2015 23:20:21 GMT -6
MM I am assuming that these are much older just from the look of them. I have one of those Badge a Minit machine presses, which I know nothing about..or even how, or if it works. Never knew that it was made in Oglesby though, thanks for letting me know that. M Thanks so much MnM for titling this thread the way you did. I can't get the song by the same name out of my head. lol Oh, well. There are worse songs I could be singing. Ya mean this one............................. ? IKR...? It's a catchy lil tune..............lol..................... M
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