Show TT Seventeenth of ICI March arch Once One e Noahs Ark Day Long before heule the Irish taught ht us ns that Morel March 17 wa was vas St St. Patricks Patrick's day this date was celebrated In England for tor fora tora or ora a very cry curious reason In the Middle l ages It II was regarded as the er spry sary of or the tiny day upon which Noah loah entered the tine ark Noahs Noah's Ark day duy was specially made macle the occasion inn foi th the performance o e of the rn mystery play piny that thai dramatized with nth considerable fl cerIum I the lite Biblical record of ot the flood In Inthis Inthis Inthis this r Noahs Noah's onh's wife wICe was always the Irvin cipal connie comic character being depicted as the typical sinew shrew The quarrels bel between Noah Nouh and hl his helpmate created great amusement for forthe forthe forthe the spectators When the ark urk Is rel ready the batty stoutly refuses to go In unleSS un less she natty may take lake some of her tier friends fo slung along Tire Tile patriarch I however er will wilt not nut stand much nonsense and when the time for embarkation comes hi ht his three sons to bring theft thelt mother nho aboard Ir J They find her will her gossips In n a tavern and after much rough play by-play and broad brond com coon ely they seize her and drag her to tint tin ark Arrived there she breaks our oui as ins a 0 worse termagant than ever er shrieking rune rage she sets about beating her husband much to flu th diversion dl of the spectators of or merry England Manchester Guardian |