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[farwing]

Hello from Austin! This is not a post of substance. There's very little here except:

I have lived in Boston my whole life and there are a lot of Irish folks wandering about and I am half Irish and tend to wear a lot of green anyway but apparently? It is the tradition in Austin to pinch someone if they are not wearing green on Saint Patrick's Day.

For real? I have never heard of this. Is it just an Austin thing or is this something people do elsewhere as well?


In other news, I have several new favorite bands. Yay.

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[cheyinka]

Found this via my network: it was the case in Montana where I grew up, too, or at least in Billings, so it's not just an Austin or a Texas thing! (Annoying, certainly.)

[recessional]

It's a common tradition in Canada, at least in Western Canada.

Although people don't do it to me, because I let it be known that I'll smack anyone who tries. Hard.