Bless Pat

Posted by ESC July 06, 2009 at 01:53In reply to Bless Pat posted by Victoria S Dennis on July 05, 2009 at 22:31:

What is the origin of the phrase "Bless Pat"? - my grandmother use to say it as an expression of surprise

An invocation of the Blessed St Patrick? Was she Irish? (VSD)

My West Virginia relatives used to say that too. They were everything but Irish. St. Pat is a pretty good guess.