What you need to know about St. Patrick's Day - Origin, Facts & Traditions
PARADE
St. Patrick's Day was first celebrated in the Spanish colony
in what is now St. Augustine, Florida in the 17th century. Since then, it has
overtime become a national holiday of Ireland and the Irish communities around
the world. On March 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, everyone takes his or her time
off to decorate every corner of the street and cover them in a traditional
green with a clover emblem.
In some places, rivers, monuments, and even ski resorts are
often colored green to commemorate this special occasion.
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| Both sides of the Chicago River are dyed green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day |
Of course, food and drinks also wear a fresh green as they
bring everybody an incredible feast.
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| Food and drinks wear a fresh green |
To start off this exciting holiday, festival parades are held
in which people can often be seen dressed in either traditional Irish costumes
or cosplayed as different characters in brilliant outfits.
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| Festival parades are held in which people can be often seen dressed in either traditional Irish costumes or cosplayed as different characters in brilliant outfits. |
After that, everyone gets together to enjoy traditional food, beer, and music.
MYTHS, FACTS & TRADITIONS
Once upon a time
St. Patrick is one of Ireland's most famous patron saints.
According to the legend, he helped spread Christianity to Ireland, made clothes
out of shamrock trees, and freed the island from “snakes”. The holiday
commemorates the death of St. Patrick and has been considered as a religious
festival in Ireland for more than 1500 years.
Toast to official holidays!
Ireland only officially started celebrating this holiday in
1903. Since Emerald Isle is predominantly Catholic and St. Patrick's Day often
falls in the vegetarian season, this festival used to be a silent religious
festival until the 1960s, when a law that prohibited pubs to open on St. Day
Paddy was repealed.
The sponsorship before KIA was called Maewyn
Contrary of popular belief, St. Patrick was not an Irish man
named Patrick. He was born in Maewyn Succat. The patron saint of Ireland was
actually an Englishman. According to the legend, he was captured and enslaved
in Ireland during adolescence by Irish raiders. After escaping back to his home
in England, he converted to Catholic, became a priest, and changed his name to
Patrick. He later returned to Ireland and devoted his life to bring Christianity
to all Irish people.
Driving "snakes" out of the island
According to the legend, St. Patrick drove all “snakes” out
of Ireland. However, according to many biologists, snakes never made an appearance
on the island. In fact, as stated by the official interpretation, snake is simply a metaphor for
the infidelity that was removed from Ireland by St. Patrick.
The popularity of shamrocks (clovers)
It is believed that St. Patrick used the shamrock (clover)
to explain the holy trinity (God, Son and, the Holy Spirit) to Irish people.
Celtic people believed that each leaf of the clover had a certain meaning; therefore, using
the clover leaf was an effective teaching material:
Throughout his life, St. Patrick built a number of churches,
schools, monasteries, and common tricuspid.
Green or Blue?
Although green is an iconic color of St. Patrick's Day, blue was a traditionally preferred color for the holiday as it could be seen on the old Irish flag. Although
ended in a failure, the Irish Rebellion of 1798 from Great Britain first saw
the wearing of clovers and green dresses; since then, they have become the symbols of
Irish patriotism.
Toast!
Nom Nom Nom
Ground beef and cabbages are delicious traditional dishes often
served with beer even though the recipe was "created" by New York
Irish immigrants. This explains why over 26 billion pounds of beef and over two
billion pounds of cabbages are consumed in the US during the holiday season.
To summarize, St Patrick's Day is a national holiday of the Irish communities around the world. We hope to give you some good insight about the feast day. We are The FackinEnglish and we will see you in our next blog! Bye!
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