So I found out some intersting facts about Saint Patrick's day and I thought I would share. Wikipedia is amazing, isn't it? I just can't believe public schools are still open while such learning is to be had.

St. Patrick's Blue, not green, was the colour long-associated with St. Patrick. Green, the colour most widely associated with Ireland, with Irish people, and with St. Patrick's Day in modern times, may have gained its prominence through the phrase "the wearing of the green" meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing. At many times in Irish history, to do so was seen as a sign of Irish nationalism or loyalty to the Roman Catholic faith. St. Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish. The wearing of and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the saint's holiday. The change to Ireland's association with green rather than blue probably began around the 1750's. (Wikipedia)


According to legend, St. Patrick used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish.

The first Saint Patrick's Day parade was in Boston. It is also the longest running. However, New York holds the trump card for the largest St. Paddy's day parade. It's just got more people.

I wish you all a happy St. Patrick's day on Tuesday! I know it's a little early, but I'll be out of town next week...in Hawaii... and you all will be GREEN with jealousy! Love you all!