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March 03, 2005
Making with the zuzz-zuzz
Even though February has ended the birthday march continues, with a trip to dogs tomorrow evening to celebrate a 29th, and a weekend in Kilkenny this month for another 30th (one of my girlfriend’s four best friends, even though you can only have one best friend, which she knows as she did English at college, but even so). And my mum’s birthday was this week, so there’s a birthday dinner on Sunday for that. She probably wouldn’t appreciate my telling you her age.
This would be great, and is great, but would be even greater still if I could just get a straight eight hour snooze, and not turn up at all these events in my trademark sleep-deprived zombie form. I have a pub quiz to attend later, one I cannot back out of, so I know I’ll be stumbling into bed at 1 am for a brief six hours before having to get up for yet another sleep-deprived day.
Hmmm. Who’s the patron saint of sleep, and what do I have to sacrifice to get some shut-eye around here?
Posted by Oliver at March 3, 2005 04:47 PM
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Well according to the page below it’s Mare. I was very confused when I came across this. Now I’ve copped on, I’m guessing you’ll have to sacrifice, I don’t know, a pocket-protector or a clip-on tie? Or since you’re Irish, how about one of those lovely Dunnes Stores jumpers most often seen on Youth Defence members (there’s a blast from the past, are they still around), but also popular with the farming and gaming fraternities (you know the ones I mean)?
http://pages.sbcglobal.net/harn-religion-team/peoni/saintsdays.html
P.S. I don’t want to batter an Irish institution, I happen to love Dunnes Stores and half my wardrobe come from there, but nevertheless we can’t forget that they are responsible for those jumpers.
Posted by: Bousculer at March 3, 2005 07:50 PM
That page is a lot like meeting somebody who’ll only speak Klingon. The “Gods of Hârn”?! What’s going on?
Although, the closest thing to a patron saint of sleep I could find, St. Dympna, is actually the patron saint of nutters: http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/saintd01.htm
And it looks like she might have been made up too: http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/05221b.htm
So I guess this Hârn stuff is as valid.
Good point about the Dunnes Stores jumpers.
Posted by: Oliver at March 4, 2005 02:05 PM
Yes I agree, Catholic hagiography has about as much validity as that Hârn stuff.
Posted by: Bousculer at March 7, 2005 01:11 PM
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