Hello, everyone!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!
Saint Patrick’s Day? What’s that?
It’s a holiday that has its origins in Ireland. It’s in honor of a Catholic Missionary who came to Ireland, and converted them to Catholicism. Since he supposedly used a shamrock to illustrate a finer point of Christian theology, shamrocks are notable features of this day. In fact, there are actually a lot of legends that are associated with St. Patrick’s Day.
Why do I get the feeling I don’t want to know?
Well, you’re going to find out anyways.
Legends about St. Patrick’s Day
Everyone Needs to Wear Green
Nope, not true. My family has always worn orange. (It’s the sign of being a protestant, instead of a Catholic.)
St. Patrick’s Day is a failure if you don’t get Drunk
I don’t think this one’s true. I’ve never gotten drunk, so either all St. Patrick’s Days have been a failure for me, (even though some of them have been fantastic,) or this is blatantly false.
Leprechauns hide their pots of gold at the end of rainbows
False. The dragons stole the leprechaun gold over a century ago. I thought everyone knew that.
Yup, I didn’t want to know.