They say that everyone is a little Irish on the day of St. Patrick. The feast of the supplied beer that rolls around every March is fast approaching, and people are about to get their best green outfits for the occasion.
But here are some things you should know before you go out and enjoy a few beers. They could completely change the way you look at this drunken festival.
1. St. Patrick was not Irish. He was in fact British, and he was captured and taken to Ireland, where he was imprisoned for 6 years. After that, he returned to England for religious training. He ended up making his way back to Ireland.
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2. According to Hallmark, St Patrick's Day cards are very popular. They produce about 100 different varieties each year.
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3 . St. Patrick never drove the snakes from Ireland, mainly because there were no snakes there to begin with. In these legends, the snakes represent the presence of evil.
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4. the name of St. Patrick was not even Patrick. He was born Maewyn Succat, but he took the name Patricius once he became a priest.
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5. The signature color of St. Patrick was actually blue. Why it changed to green was because of the widely used green clover that was used as a symbol of St. Patrick during the rebellion of 1798.
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6. Saint Patrick is on 17 March because it's the day of his death. It was originally a solemnity festival. Obviously, things have changed a bit since.
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7 . St. Patrick used the shamrock - not the four-leaf clover - to spread the word of Christianity in Ireland. 3 leaves were said to represent the Holy Trinity.
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8. in Ireland, St. Patrick was once a solemn feast, so that all the pubs were closed that day. It was not until the 1960s that they began to open their doors on March 17
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9. Have parades the day of St. Patrick is actually an American tradition.
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10 . the first official celebration of St. Patrick in Dublin was not until 1931, Belfast and did not celebrate his life until the late 0s because of the Protestant population and resentment from the city to the Irish national symbols.
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11. sales of Guinness soar on the day of St. Patrick. On an average day, studies show that about 5.5 million pints of Guinness are consumed, but the day of St. Patrick, that number doubles.
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(via Time)
now that we have a better understanding of these traditions, we will have a drink!
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