Take a minute and listed to “The Carlton Weaver”
Did You Know? In the summer of 1787, the journeymen weavers of the Calton started to agitate for a wage increase. The dispute grew bitter, with the strikers cutting the webs from the looms of weavers who continued to work at the old rate, and making bonfires in the street from the contents of warehouses.
On 3 September the city magistrates, with a force of officers, went to the Calton but were driven back by the mob. A detachment of the 39th Regiment marched, and a pitched battle occurred at Parkhouse, in Duke Street. The Riot Act was read, and a volley of musket fire killed three of the weavers and injured others.
Further disturbances were quickly suppressed by the troops.[19] This was the earliest major industrial dispute in Scottish history. The Calton Weavers became Scotland’s first working-class martyrs.
The garden looks pretty good, as evidenced by the security camera that keeps an eye on everything.
This area now had six more plants, namely zucchini and summer squash! We ran the dripline under the straw, making the garden look neat!
The old security camera died, but I had several replacements ready to go in the garage. I am going to cover this one and protect it from the sun and rain by wedged a thin sheet of steel into the shingles.
The weather was a bit brisk, but we decided to work until it was time to go to the Elks. We donned our cold-weather gear, including four cans of sterno, and kept working with the sterno cans providing heat!
Did You Know? Sterno is a brand of jellied, denatured alcohol sold in cans and meant to be burned directly in the can. The name comes from the original manufacturer, S. Sternau & Co. of Brooklyn, New York, which has been making chafing dishes, coffee percolators, and similar appliances since 1893. It had previously applied the name to its “Sterno-Inferno” alcohol burner.
In urban areas, especially among the homeless during prohibition and the Depression, “canned heat” was the cheap, easy, and often deadly way to get stoned. Desperate drinkers would take cans of Sterno, strain them through socks, and make “jungle juice” with cheap fruit drink mixers.
Sterno (manufactured by Colgate-Palmolive) is a canned fuel used to heat food in homes, restaurants, and when camping. It contains 66.0% ethyl alcohol, 3.4% methyl alcohol, 3.3% acetone, 2.0% nitrocellulose, and water and is poisonous when ingested.
We continued working in the yard for several hours, but at 3:30 pm, we stopped working, clocked out, and went inside to clean up; we were going to a St. Patrick’s Day party at the Elks!
We arrived at 5:40 pm, and Brenda and Gail were already there, raring to go! Donna, Bob, Robin, and Bob are also joining us this evening, so we had a table for eight. I was looking for a four-leaf clover!
Did You Know? The leaves on four-leaf clovers are said to stand for faith, love, hope, and luck. Four-leaf clovers are extremely rare—there are approximately 10,000 three-leaf clovers for every one! In Ireland’s early stages, the Druids, or Celtic priests, thought four-leaf clovers could protect them from bad luck.
Mary and I got Bob to photograph us under the balloon display.
Who was Cinderella’s date on St. Patrick’s Day? Pinch Charming.
We returned the favor and got the kids, who were all decked out in the greenery!
The lodge was packed, and I understand we had nearly 350 people here this evening.
What do you call an Irish spider? Paddy long legs.
The ladies were so cute last night.
Bob and Donna were also decked out for the evening.
We all had corned beef and cabbage, which was pretty good, considering they were feeding 350 people simultaneously.
We all had similar hats, so a photo was needed!
Mary and I bought shirts for each other separately two years ago, and we selected identical shirts! It was meant to be!
We entered the main hall and danced, swinging to Irish music or an occasional waltz.
We decided dancing in the lounge was better, and the girls picked up on a line dance, and off they went. Donna was going solo in the other room.
Mary kept looking for the pot of gold, and she found it complete with a wee fellow! We opted NOT to take it home as we wanted to share it with others!
On the way home, we stopped at Aces for a wee drink before facing the wrath of Scout, who was on strike until he got some corned beef. We stayed for about twenty minutes and came home at about 10:00 pm.
We watched two more episodes of our newest series, Alien, before crashing for the night.