Happy St. Patrick's Day!!!!!!

St. Patty’s Day is a well-known holiday throughout the United States, Great Britain, Argentina, Australia, New Zealand, and Montserrat. The holiday celebrates the Catholic feast day, which began in the early 1600’s. The holiday was named after Saint Patrick, which was kidnapped by Irish raiders and was taken into Ireland as a slave. Once in Ireland he fled and said that God told him to return to Britain. After he was back in Britain he joined a church and became a priest. A little later in his life he was called back to Ireland to save the Irish, and while there he became a bishop. The clover that we often associate with St. Patrick’s day originally was a three-lead shamrock which represented the Holy trinity to the Irish people. Commonly we think of the color green when thinking about St. Patty’s Day.

The color that used to be associated with Saint Patrick was blue, but over time the color green seemed to appear on everything associated to St. Patrick’s Day. There were green shamrocks and ribbons that were worn by many starting in the 17th century. This holiday is always celebrated on March 17th and it signifies the one-day break of Lent, and for this reason it is often celebrated with alcohol. The drinking of green beer, wearing green and having parties all occur on St. Patrick’s day, and many often just think of it as a celebration of the Irish. The holiday was officially started in 1903 in Ireland.