Saint Patrick's Day
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery. Ask any questions here about celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
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Greengrly04St. Patrick, the Patron Saint of Ireland, died on 17 March 461 AD and the day has been celebrated ever since. St. Patrick spent...
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It is an ironic phrase. The Irish have been, and are a spectacularly unlucky race. The "luck of the Irish" is BAD luck, as any...
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St. Patrick's day was first celebrated in the United States in Boston in 1762. It's not surprising that it reached our shores as...
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Actually there's no connection between green and St. Patrick. It's just that Irish connecting green color to fairies, angels, and...
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The leprechaun is an old Irish legend. He is like a spirit. I don't think there is a direct connection. Leprechauns are based...
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Wearing the Green Here are some suggested explanations: "The colors of the Republic of Ireland are a tricolor of green, white,...
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Not in Ireland anyway. Nobody would dream of fouling good beer with green dye, and since lots of people drink Guinness, which is...
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It's a joke the Irish made up for fun! it really has no meaning but people often use it, as a joke as the Irish do! Answer It is...
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In religious lore the snake (or serpent) represented evil, godlessness and the devil's will (e.g., offering the apple to Adam)....
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The druids in Ireland looked at the shamrock as a sacred plant because its leaves formed a triad. Three was a mystical number in...
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It's thought that the pinching started in the early 1700s, about the time that awareness of St. Patrick's as a holiday came to...
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Yes, people will buy you more drinks than usual on your birthday....and you might get a few for free if you do a pub crawl!!
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I have read that, on a special Irish pagan holiday, there was a great bonfire lit on the top of a sacred hill. No other fire was...
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Patrick's writings do not indicate his given name but legend says that his given name was Maewyn Succat.
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Patrick's writings do not indicate his given name but legend says that his given name was Maewyn Succat.
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St. Patrick's day was first celebrated in the U.S. in Boston in 1737. It was and is a Catholic Holy Day.
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Corned beef and cabbage is the traditional Irish and Irish-American fare on St. Patrick's Day. Many will also tell you that beer...
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The first organized parade was in New York. It was Irish soldiers serving in the British army during the American Revolution. In...
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The first organized parade was in New York. It was Irish soldiers serving in the British army during the American Revolution. In...
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They say a four leaf clover is very lucky and that it is very rare so if you find one you will have luck.
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No it's not. The four leaf clover is symbolic of Luck. As it's an uncommon variation of the normal three leaf clover, finding one...
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St Paddys day is celebrated all over the world but the best craic is always in Ireland.
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Because that's what America seems to do with most holidays. Memorial Day, Labor Day, 4th of July, New Years, etc. However, due to...
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Saint Patrick's Day is now associated with everything Irish, from the colour green to shamrocks, good luck to Guinness! However...
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The New York parade has become the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in the world. In a typical year, 150,000 marchers...
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if it's 3 leaf , it's call a shamrock. It it's four leaf, it's call "lucky"!
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The O'Riains of Idrone in Carlow Ireland are said to have played a significant role in the work of St Patrick by providing him...
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If Patrick had any siblings we have no record of them. St. Darerca and Lupita.
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There was no canonization process in place when Patrick died, that came about in the 12th century. He would have been declared a...
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Ireland has long considered green to be it's national colour. Irish football teams wear green, and people around the world wear...
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A plant of the genus Trifolium. Most clover of the Europian variety have three leaves. To find a four leaf clover is said to...
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St. Patrick was born in Britain, which at the time was under Roman rule. I believe that would make him a Roman, but I'm not sure....
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Clurichauns are inherently Irish no matter where they're from, and always wear green. They have a knack of getting along with...
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St. Patrick practice Christianity through Catholicism
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March 17 c. 461 Answerno one is 100% certain of many things relating to Patrick but his traditional burial site is in...
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It's Irish Folklore and it has it that if you follow the rainbow the "little ones" will leave a pot of gold at the end of the...
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It's pretty much a U.S. custom for St. Patricks day. In Ireland, the protestants and catholics are so displeased with each other...
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Saint Patrick's Day CelebrationsOur users share with us: Most people in the US with kids and people in Ireland. Everyone in...
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Kissing the blarney stone gives you the "gift of the gab". You'll supposedly be very talkative, and spreading "blarney" (or...
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How to celebrate St. Patrick's Day: Wear green Pin a shamrock to your hat Speak with a http://www.answers.com/topic/brogue-1 Wear...
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Based on pure numbers alone I would say the US is way out there in no. 1 place. Don't forget the entire population of Ireland...
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The Crown and Thistle Tavern in 1756. The original parade was held in 1762.
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We celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17th because that is the day St. Patrick died.
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okay, everyone knows about the myth(s) that leprachauns are real,and that they have a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and...
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AnswerMost countries with a large Irish immigrant population celebrate St Paddy's, especially America (where the parade form of...
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the question is inverted - the beer came first, then the book, and the guinnesses were a large and eccentric family, spread...
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Well, far from being a specialist on the matter, I can say that I would see no reasons why French-Canadian would wear...
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The color of St Patrick is Blue. Green is Ireland's national color. Green has been gradually accepted over time as the color of...
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Traditional meal is not ham and cabbage but corned beef and cabbage. I do not know how or why but I do know its not...
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Answerthe conversion of (most) of the Irish people to Christianity. there were some christians there before his...
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Death of Saint Patrick: 17 March 461Feast day first celebrated in Ireland: 9th/10th centuryHoly Day of obligation (Ireland):...
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I believe orange is acceptable to wear on St. Patrick's Day if you are protestant. The Flag of Ireland is green, orange and...
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He used it to explain the Trinity. Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Answer He used it to explain the Trinity. Father, Son and...
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St. Patrick's Day originated in Ireland. This is surprising considering he was born in Britain, but he also preached in Ireland....
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Kissing the stone gives you the gift of eloquence, commonly referred to in Ireland as "the gift of the gab". Kissing...
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Saint Patrick's Day is the feast day of Saint Patrick who was Ireland's first Bishop and preached Catholicism and the Holy...
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To convert every person in Ireland to christianity.
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no more than a day or two (or three or four, at most)
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Soon after St. Patrick's death. It's a feast day, a holy day ("holiday"), to honor the saint.
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Type in www.google.com or www.google.ca When it comes up click onto it and type in, "The history of St. Patrick's Day."
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Yellow is not associated with St. Patricks Day at all. It's green, green, green.
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Any beer that you add green food coloring to.
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"Mac" or "Mc" used to mean "son of"so McAndrew would be "son of Andrew"
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Most historians believe Patrick was born a Christian, indeed his father may have been a priest in the roman province of...
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Due to the Great Famine in the mid-1800s in Ireland, many Irish came to America for new opportunities. Since the numbers of...
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It is named in honor of Patrick - he drove the snakes from Ireland, and he was very conscientious, taking care of his fellow...
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He used his holy stick which was serpentine in shape - kind of like a shepherd's crook. When the snakes saw this they got scared...
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His father was Calpornius- who was a deacon, civil official, and a town councillor- and some sources say that his mother was...
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The earliest written evidence of 'corned beef' dates back to England of 1661, in a book, Anatomy Of Melancholy', by Richard...
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AnswerBoston, MA. 1737
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St. Patrick spread the good news throughout Ireland using the 3-leafed clover to explain God and the holy trinity.
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Welcome, as in Failte Ireland, the Irish Tourist Board.
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"Why should you never iron a 4-leaf clover? You don't want to press your luck." -- Daryl Stout
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the Czechoslovakians of course
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I have been researching William Wallace for my class and this site is the best source I have found so far - it lists some of the...
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People go to Ireland. Many people drink green beer; also eat corned-beef, potatoes, and cabbage. Many people will wear something...
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We here in Canada celebrate, some of us get carried away. Answer We do here in the UK, which is Wales, England, Northern...
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New YorkSome historical details with link. After Irish immigrants found their way to America, the Colonies celebrated St...
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The Druids believed that the shamrock could give you powers such as the power to detect presence of bad spirits. And with the...
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Yes it is. It is in honour of St. Patrick who is credited with bringing Christianity to Ireland. It is Ireland's national...
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The day St. Patrick died.
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A typical Irish food is shepherds pie!
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St. Patrick's Day, formally "the feast of Patrick, Patron of Ireland"
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They wear the same clothes as anyone else does in the Western world.
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The Catholic and Protestant Irish often get into fights on St Patricks day.
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If I'm not mistaken, it's Patrick's Pot.
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The notion that St Patrick banished snakes from Ireland is quite a dubious claim, it is certainly possible there were never...
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St.Patrick banished snakes.Legend has it that St.Patrick drove all the snakes in Ireland.Sometime back in the fifth century he...
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He converted most of Ireland's pagans (to Christianity) and destroyed as many places that held unchristian significance as he...
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St. Patrick's Irish Credentials St. Patrick was born somewhere in Britain, but he is the patron saint of Ireland. He brought...
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Wearing shamrocks and the color green are only a few of the traditions observed on St. Patrick's Day, March 17. But not all of...
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Because back in the day when Irish Catholics observed LENT in a more strict manor,...we abstained from a great many...
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O'hurly is what you say after you eat those little marshmellow chicks. Just yell out, "O'hurly!" as loud as you can. If you do...
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Potatoes, potatoes and more potatoes. Also did I mention potatoes? Parades, parties, national games, and religious services etc....
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AnswerI'm sure after several pitchers of green beer, there have been more than a few circumstances where people end up kissing...
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