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  • AI: Patron Saint of ….what?

    Now that we’ve all sobered up from St. Paddies Day, I’d like to point out another important Saint: Saint Urho. St. Urho (pronounced “oorho”) is a completely made-up saint. Essentially, Finnish Minnesotans were sick of green beer and Irish hoopla in March, and decided they needed their own holiday on March 16th: “The legend says St. Urho chased the grasshoppers…

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