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<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">From: "Fonken, Gael M. [<a href="mailto:foga0301@stcloudstate.edu">foga0301@stcloudstate.edu</a>]" <<a href="mailto:foga0301@stcloudstate.edu">foga0301@stcloudstate.edu</a>></span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">
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Subject: LL-L "Traditions" [EN,Finnish] St. Urho’s day</span><br><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><p class="MsoNormal">Greetings all,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal"> We were starting to dress green a day early for St. Patrick’s Day, so someone said that it was
<b>St. Urho’s day</b> and that the color for today should be purple. I
looked it up and he was right, and for sure there are no grasshoppers in
the yard here, not yet. It’s still too cold. There is another shrine
in the area celebrating some similar event:
<span lang="EN">Annette Atkins, <a href="http://books.google.com.au/books?id=QicL6ETD6jQC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Harvest+of+Grief&source=bl&ots=SxwzlBct9j&sig=BqdnnWulznwc_3rQX7_LBGXPx2g&hl=en&ei=IBPBTceAGsSmrAfc74nqAw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=5&ved=0CDgQ6AEwBA#v=onepage&q&f=false" target="_blank">
<span style="color:blue">Harvest of Grief</span></a>, Minnesota Historical Society Press, 1984. So grasshoppers are a big issue here.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#1122cc"><a href="http://saint%20urho%27s%20day--%20march%2016th/" target="_blank">Saint Urho's<span style="font-weight:normal">
</span>Day--<span style="font-weight:normal"> March 16th</span></a></span></u></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#222222">
</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#009933"><a href="http://www.sainturho.com/" target="_blank">www.sainturho.com/</a></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666">
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#666666"></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">Message by Tim "Timo Winkenen" Winker & Randy "Uncle Toivo" Jokela
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">The legend of
<b>St</b>. <b>Urho</b> <u>originated in Northern Minnesota</u> in the
1950s. However, there are differing opinions as to whether it began with
the fables created by Sulo Havumaki of Bemidji, or the tongue-in-cheek
tales told by Richard Mattson of Virginia.
Either way, the legend has grown among North Americans of Finnish
descent to the point where St. Urho is known and celebrated across the
United States and Canada, and even in Finland.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">St. Urho's Day is celebrated on March 16th</span></u><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">, the day prior to the better known feast of some
minor saint from Ireland, who was alleged to have driven the snakes from that island.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">The legend of St. Urho says
<b>he chased the grasshoppers out of ancient Finland</b>, thus saving the grape crop and the jobs of Finnish vineyard workers. He did this by uttering the phrase:
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933c">"Heinäsirkka, heinäsirkka, mene täältä hiiteen"
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">(roughly translated:
</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#77933c">"Grasshopper, grasshopper, go to Hell!"</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">).
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">His feast is celebrated by wearing the colors
<u>Royal Purple and Nile Green</u>. St. Urho is nearly always represented with grapes and grasshoppers as part of the picture.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#7030a0">We
hope you enjoy our effort to honor this mythical Finnish-American hero.
Please feel free to share your St. Urho experiences and celebrations by
clicking on the phrase
below and sending a note to the webmaster</span><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222">. </span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#4f81bd">Finland, MN, annual Saint Urho's Day Festivities</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Finland,
Minnesota, becomes Saint Urho Central for the North Shore communities
every year in mid-March. For 2012 the party will be held the weekend of
March 16-18, with the parade on Saturday
at Noon as usual. This is the 37th Annual celebration of Saint Urho in
Finland.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://friendsofthefinlandcommunity.org/StUrhosDay.html" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Details of the Saint Urho's Day festivities in Finland.</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/events/350419584976109/" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Green and Purple Party National Convention</span></a> on Facebook.
</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""><a href="http://www.facebook.com/notes/st-urhos-celebration-in-finland-mn/finlands-37th-annual-st-urhos-celebration-schedule-of-events-march-16th-17th-18t/10150652757792290" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">Detailed
calendar of weekend events</span></a> on Facebook. </span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#222222"></span></p>
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<p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal">Happy Urho’s Day,</p>
<p style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" class="MsoNormal">Gael </p>
<span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">St. Cloud Minnesota</span><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"></span><font style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif" size="2"><div style="text-align:center">
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