October 20, 2019

Boy did we eat good at our Samhain dinner!!!

We met at Robbi Dyer's home at noon on that Thursday. Robbi, her husband Curtis, Charles and Loretta Donaugh, John Kennedy, Patty Dawes, Mary Kunert (me) and my daughter, Leslie Smith and her husband Bill. We feasted on corned beef brisket, Colcannon, Irish cheeses and bread and Pumpkin pudding. Robbie supplied a variety of teas both cold and hot.

John shared documents and certificates of his Irish family settling here in Oklahoma. I gave a bit of a rundown of the Celtic calendar and noted that Samhain is the root of the American Halloween. I even carved and original Jack O Lantern. No pumpkins in Ireland they used rutabagas or turnips.

We shared stories and fun and went home satisfied.

Our next meeting will be on Thursday November 17, back at the Center for Creative Living. Patty Dawes will be talking to us about the Irish in Oklahoma. We have so much knowledge in our group.

Hope to see you all there. Will send out a reminder closer to the event.

Dia Dhuit

Mary Kunert

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