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The history behind St. Patrick’s Day

But while most see the day as a time to celebrate, drink green beer and eat corned beef and cabbage, most know only the basics of why they celebrate. “This is the one day of the year where we can really be Irish”, he said.

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Exhausted of the global mentions of St. Patty’s Day, one Dublin-based company made a decision to come up with a quick solution for the online errors. But today’s festivities are dramatically different from the true origins of the Irish holiday, which is named after a man who wasn’t even Irish. According to ancient folklore, Patrick was born in Britain from where he was kidnapped and sold to an Irish sheep farmer at the age of 16. Listeners asked him to explain the Holy Trinity.

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St Patrick wasn’t Irish – Patrick’s parents were roman citizens, and it’s thought that he lived in modern day England – although Wales and Scotland have also laid claim.

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St Patrick’s Day celebrants enjoy the regulation pint of Guinness.

David Kilroy, associate professor in the Department of History and Political Science of the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, said that St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish holiday that celebrates Ireland’s patron saint, St. Patrick.

People wore shamrocks on their coats and closed the day by “drowning the shamrock” – placing it in a glass of whiskey before drinking, Cronin said. Well, the four leaves of clover represent faith, love, hope and luck. Saint Patrick was originally associated with the color blue, and the cross of Saint Patrick, on the United Kingdom’s “Union Jack” flag, is white and red.

In the month of March, the world celebrates St. Patrick’s Day. Actually, your chances are 1 in 10,000.

While there was “general revelry” at these early celebrations, it was a bit more tame than it is today.

Wearing Green: If you don’t wear green, you get pinched.

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First things first, regardless of your nationality or heritage, a very Happy St. Patrick’s Day to you – or as it’s said in Irish Gaelic, Lá Fhéile Pádraig.

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