Show St. St Patricks Patrick's Day Also Anniversary Of Arks Ark's Sailing Latter Event Ascribed to March 17 in Early English Calendars Calen- Calen dars I IBy By ALFRED R. R RECK I United Press Staff Correspondent WASHINGTON March 16 United United Unit Unit- ed Sunday Press is the anniversary sary of two great events One you will know it if you have a abIt abit bIt 0 IrIsh In you OU the other other- Nearly everyone knows Sunday Is St St. PatrIcks PatrIck's day and many a shamrock will bo be flaunted to the March larch winds But very few know v it Is the legendary date ot of another event whIch occurred hundreds hundred of years v more before the venerable saInt first drew breath in Ireland Scotland Wales rales England or France according to the historIan you believe Well VeIl to let you Into the secret March 17 is the tho day ancient calendars calendars calen- calen dars gIve as the time Noah set sail In his historic ark It marked the the- beginning ot of the great flood To all true irishmen however a flood Is just a flood regardless of Its size while March 17 is a red letter ietter day In their lives The history of St. St Patrick ro- ro In library of congress vec- vec Continued on page 9 9 St. St Patricks Patrick's' Day Also Anniversary Of Arks Ark's Sailing ContinUed from page 1 might cause good Celtic blood to boil for the th saint was not hot warmly received when he set foot on the bonny shores of Ireland In fact if we ale to believe history his his- tor tory he came nearly going I in the way of snakes and toads There were no Mayor Walker alker reception re- re parties In those days dats and no no tu tug Macom to carr carry the saint In iii noisy welcome to the land of hi adoption n. n tells I Ius us that the natives waited on st. st I to stone hIm off the island The rhe Faint realized he be was In a tight place for lie he Is ig reported as asking the Irish pagans for a little fall fair play If this plant he saId picking up a 3 shamrock can grow three leaves from One olle stem why cant can't you believe in th the Futher Son and oly the Ghost trinity St. St Patricks Patrick's oratory swa td M the pagans according to history and they became to Christianity Chris Chrls- in droves That wits the start of Patricius-jorn Patricius l as a mint raint and the start of the shamrock ns as the Irish national em- em blent blem I To go back to the flood and the other oilier great event of March 17 QUAINT ACCOUNTS Early calendars marled arch 17 as the day Noah entered the at and April 29 as the day he stepped out on Mount Ararat Medieval legends carried quaint accounts of Noahs Noah's troubles with his wife in convincing her lie he knew what he was vas talking about Noah carries s the news to his I dame one account read news flews just announced to him by the Crea- Crea tor She abuses him for his credulity credulity ity sneers at him for a habitual carrier of bad news new lIe tells her to hold her tongue She becomes more abusive until th they Y come to blows Noah has enough and runs awa ay as-ay to his work worl on the tha ark When the ark Is finished Noahs Noah's dame laughs at it and says she will not rIde In It They start another quarrel whereupon Noah remarks Lorde that women be crabbed aya and none are meke I dare well saye sare |