Memories of St Patrick's Day
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325923)
Rockingham, Australia
March 16, 2024 7:28pm CST
It’s St Pat’s Day and it brings back memories of the first cabaret I ever went to. Cabarets were a big deal with the young folk in my home town. The town hall would be divided into ‘logues’ which sat around 8-10 people; you took along snacks and drinks and danced the night away to a groovy band.
The cabaret was ‘formal wear’ and the girls would all wear ballgowns while the lads wore suits or maybe even a tux. The night would be talked about for weeks both before and after.
I was invited to the St Pat’s cabaret by Vince who, at that time, was a staunch Catholic as were many of our ‘set’. At that time, Catholics weren’t to eat meat on a Friday or until after they’d been to Mass. But, on St Pat’s Day, the priest exempted his parishioners from these rules so they could have sausage rolls and other goodies at the cabaret. Which leads me to ponder just how important was such a ruling – but that’s a subject for another discussion, or not.
You’ve seen the photo before but it fits. Vin and I just about to head out to the ball.
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18 responses
@Happy2BeMe (99392)
• Canada
17 Mar
Love the picture. You two were so adorable. Those are same awesome memories you have.
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@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
17 Mar
Look at the two of you bless
mm sausage rolls..a mortal sin lol
mm sausage rolls..a mortal sin lol3 people like this
@RebeccasFarm (86772)
• United States
17 Mar
@JudyEv This is right Judy I agree 100. A very Happy St Pats to you know xo
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@Juliaacv (48417)
• Canada
17 Mar
This is a great picture, it captures the mood of anticipation of a great evening ahead of you, and all of the preparations that got you to that point.
I was raised as an RC and my family was very strict.
Even as a child, I was not allowed to have anything to eat until after I had received Holy Communion at mass, but as I grew the rules of the church changed and eventually I was allowed to eat but not within an hour's time of receiving the Holy Communion. That meant that less people were fainting in church, especially in the hot summer months.
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@LoveGoddesss29 (60)
• United States
6 Apr
Omg yes! I grew up Catholic and we weren’t allowed to eat anything before receiving the host aka “the body of Christ”. This was back in the 90s for us.
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@wolfgirl569 (95346)
• Marion, Ohio
17 Mar
Sounds like good times. You two look great together
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@aninditasen (15744)
• Raurkela, India
17 Mar
Both of you look beautiful. Slim and trim and so the gown suits you.
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@aninditasen (15744)
• Raurkela, India
18 Mar
@JudyEv I know. You had posted your recent photo once and your profile pictures indicates that.
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
17 Mar
Great photo. I love looking at the pictures of my husband and I during our dating years. Have a good day.
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@JudyEv (325923)
• Rockingham, Australia
20 Mar
@LindaOHio That's so true. I've had that happen very often.
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@LindaOHio (156488)
• United States
19 Mar
@JudyEv Usually a few minutes turns into hours when looking at old photos.
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@mildredtabitha (16048)
• Nairobi, Kenya
17 Mar
You have nice memories of st Patrick's day. The photo is very beautiful.
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@JudyEv (325923)
• Rockingham, Australia
18 Mar
@mildredtabitha Oh, that's a great pity. I'm glad I have so many from years ago.
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@mildredtabitha (16048)
• Nairobi, Kenya
17 Mar
@JudyEv you're welcome. Yes it is.
I lost many of my photos from years ago because I never backed them up.
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@LotusEyes (2716)
• India
17 Mar
Wow! You both look great. Old memories are always good
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@LotusEyes (2716)
• India
18 Mar
@JudyEv Actually old memories are remembered in the form of photos
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@shaggin (71662)
• United States
17 Mar
The Cabarets sounded like a lot of fun for people at the time. Probably brings back some nice memories for a lot of people as well as what you have shared here from your experience. The beliefs of some religions are just weird to me. I love the dark gloves you wore in the photo.
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