Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!! Did you know St. Pat wasn't even Irish?? Here are some more St Patty's facts:
1) Saint Patrick wasn't Irish. (He was British.)
2) Saint Patrick's Day has nothing to do with snakes. (Snakes have never been in Ireland.)
3) Saint Patrick was associated with the color blue (not green).
4) People didn't always party. (Until as recently as the 1970s, pubs in Ireland were closed on March 17th for religious observance.)
5) The 1st Saint Patrick's Day parade wasn't in Ireland. (It was in New York.)
6) "Danny Boy" wasn’t written by an Irishman. (It was an English guy.)
7) More than 40 million Americans trace their ancestry back to Ireland. (That's about seven times larger than the population of Ireland itself.)
8) Ireland is one island, but two countries (Northern Ireland & Ireland).
Two more myths we found out about later:
9) Saint Patrick died on either March 8th or the 9th in 432. Church officials added the dates, making St. Patrick's Day March 17th.
10) The Blarney Stone is kissed by the tourists, but it is peed-on by the locals.
2) Saint Patrick's Day has nothing to do with snakes. (Snakes have never been in Ireland.)
3) Saint Patrick was associated with the color blue (not green).
4) People didn't always party. (Until as recently as the 1970s, pubs in Ireland were closed on March 17th for religious observance.)
5) The 1st Saint Patrick's Day parade wasn't in Ireland. (It was in New York.)
6) "Danny Boy" wasn’t written by an Irishman. (It was an English guy.)
7) More than 40 million Americans trace their ancestry back to Ireland. (That's about seven times larger than the population of Ireland itself.)
8) Ireland is one island, but two countries (Northern Ireland & Ireland).
Two more myths we found out about later:
9) Saint Patrick died on either March 8th or the 9th in 432. Church officials added the dates, making St. Patrick's Day March 17th.
10) The Blarney Stone is kissed by the tourists, but it is peed-on by the locals.
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