Not being of Irish descent, I don't celebrate St Patricks day but St Georges day instead.
My husband has some sort of Irish thread to his genealogy somewhere along the way, something about priests coming over - unsure, can't confirm!!
But if you do celebrate, happy st Patricks day.
here's some facts for my Irish friends:
St. Patrick’s Day is observed on March 17 because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It is believed that he died on March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.
Blue, not green, was originally the colour associated.
St Patrick is patron of fishermen in the Loire, where a legend associates him with a blackthorn bush. The saint is said to have slept beneath it, and when he awoke the next day, Christmas, the bush flowered, and was said to have continued to do so every Christmas until its destruction during the First World War.
According to legend, on the day of Judgement, while Christ judges all other nations, St Patrick will be the judge of the Irish.
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Thank you. Far more edifying than whatever was shouted at me in town by the group of beer can holding men in big green hats.
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