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MARCH 17, St. Patrick's Day and Evacuation Day, when the British
redcoats got out of Boston and Patrick evicted the snakes from
Ireland. For observing the day, wear a turkey-red coat, or vest,
and put a bit of green ribbon, or a shamrock, in the buttonhole--
the green above the red. On Easter day, wear a scrambled egg in
the same place.
APRIL 19, Patriot's Day. A New England successor to FAST DAY--the
slowest day of the year. Originally invented for Fasting and
Prayer. Now used exclusively for opening the Baseball Season,
Locating a Seashore Home for the Summer, and watching Red-Shirted
Diogenes at his Tub.
Little drops of water,
Little lines of hose,
Make the mighty Muster
As ev'ry Laddie knows.
MAY 1, Moving Day. Observed everywhere by The Restless Tenant.
APRIL 26; MAY 30 Memorial Days In "Dixie"; In the North. A
Symphony in Blue and Gray.
JUNE 17, Bunker Hill Day. Celebrated in Boston, Mass., by a
procession of the Ancient and horrible Distillery Company, a few of
the City Fathers in hacks, a picked bunch of Navy Yard sailors and
occasionally a few samples from a Wild West Show.
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