17 Things You Didn’t Know About...
Saint Patrick’s Day, commonly associated with green beer, Irish dancers, and
festivals. Some of the lesser known facts
are listed below, enjoy!
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In Ireland and Northern
Ireland the day is a national holiday.
It used to be a dry holiday, in 1970
the day was converted to not just
religious & beer
started flowing.
From 1999 to 2007, the Irish village
of Dripsey proudly touted that it
hosted the Shortest Saint Patrick’s
Day Parade in the World. The
route ran for 26 yards between two pubs.
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St. Patrick used the three-leafed
plant as a metaphor for the Holy
Trinity when he was first introducing Christianity to Ireland.
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There is no corn in corn beef.
it’s a nod to the large grains of
salt that were historically used
to cure meats, which were also
known as “corns.”
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In traditional Irish folk tales,
there are no female leprechauns
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Irish Éirinn go Brách, which
means roughly “Ireland Forever.”
compiled by, Hayden of Haute Table
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St. Patrick was British.
NYC has one of the largest
parades, since 1762.
In Chicago, parade day (always a
Saturday) begins with a wee bit
of Irish magic (and 40 lb/18 kg of
EPA-approved dye) to color the downtown
Chicago River the perfect kelly green.
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The very first St. Patrick’s Day parade was not in Ireland. It was in
Boston in 1737.
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In Seattle, there is a ceremony
where a green stripe is painted dow
the roads.
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In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day,
people traditionally wear a small
bunch of shamrocks on their
jackets or caps. Children wear
orange, white and green badges, and women
and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.
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The phrase, “Drowning The
Shamrock” is from the custom
of floating the shamrock on the
St. Patrick’s birth name was Maewyn
top of whiskey before drinking
Succat, but he changed his
it. The Irish believe that if you keep the cusname to Patricius after becomtom, then you will have a prosperous year.
ing a priest.
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Christianity.
St. Patrick did not actually
drive snakes out of Ireland; the
snakes represent the pagans
that he converted to