hey irish people! I have a question!

[Dorothy Wood]

is there a proper way to fold and display an irish flag? I have a customer who brought in an irish flag and he wanted to fold it up in a triangle and frame it. but I know that #1 it looks stupid that way, and #2 the green and orange aren't supposed to touch.

it's a gift for a friend who runs a pub. probably will be displayed there as well, so we don't want to offend anyone.

[b-grrrlie]

How to fold an Irish Flag (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1158607).

You don't make a triangle of it, cause it ain't got the stars...

[roosta]

hmm...i have no idea. I've never seen an Irish flag folded...in pubs they are usually displayed normally.

As far as i know there's no protocol about folding it. We don't really hold flags in that much regard.

altho..this website (http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=1158607), has this advice.

I am not sure if this is entirely correct but this is how I was taught to fold a Tricolour in the Catholic Boy Scouts of Ireland.

1. Fold the orange section over on top of the white section.
2. Turn the flag over and fold the green section over similarly on top of the opposite side of the white section.
3. Fold the flag in half doubling the orange section in on top of itself, leaving the green on both sides of the remaining square.

The idea behind this specific folding pattern is so that the orange and green sections symbolically never touch. The orange section represents Protestant settlers in Ireland (there is a William of Orange connection but I am unsure as to what) and the green section represents the Catholic indigenous. Because of the conflict between the two in the past in the Republic , the white is included in the flag to represent peace, and to separate them when the flag is folded. Presumably the green section is left foremost as it is the National Colour of Ireland. I have seen the flag folded triangularly á la The Stars and Stripes, to my knowledge this is incorrect.

[Dorothy Wood]

thanks. that's the only info I found too. I was just checking. Irish!

[Freebasser]

What is this obsession the United States has with flags?

Are you trying to rekindle the British Empire or something?

[Bob]

i don't understand where you get off saying we have an obsession? just because there's a federal law saying every household must have one or more flags (which is like, hardly ever enforced)? just because we have rules about how to fold them? just because they're not allowed to get wet? just because when you're going to the bathroom and you see a flag, you have to block the line of sight before you start wiping? just because every time you see a flag and it's the 50th minute of the hour you have to salute? just because every it's mandatory for every american to spend at least 1 year working in a flag factory? how is that an obsession freebasser? that's fucked up. fucked up.

[Freebasser]

OMG, Bob. Way to take my comment too seriously, you flaggot.

[Videodrome]

(y)

[jabumbo]

because of a recent flurry of flag dodgers, they have been extending stays at the flag factories to 18 months