Comments on: The History of St. Patrick’s Day

By: Shirley Robert

Shirley Robert — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 23:38:11 +0000

Reblogged this on Adventures of a Bionic Mom and commented: Fun Facts for St. Pat's!

By: invincibleprobity

invincibleprobity — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 20:44:21 +0000

Interesting angle. There are three articles posted at http://invincibleprobity.wordpress.com/ that offer a slightly different perspective on St. Patrick’s Day and the Irish, although they take a little more time to read through. Unfortunately, they’re also a little short on humor. I’d start with “Irish In America”.

By: Heedraba

Heedraba — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 23:13:33 +0000

Why all the fuss about St Patrick’s Day anyway? What about celebrating St Andrew’s, St David’s, St George’s or any other country’s patron saints day more?

By: blackwatertown

blackwatertown — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 16:40:02 +0000

Good idea to make the day after St Patrick’s Day a public holiday of recovery. On the other hand, two days of it in a row might go terribly wrong.
But you’re probably wondering about the story of how St Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. The real story is here http://wp.me/pDjed-eT

By: Use Blue Food Coloring to Make Green Beer « Broken Secrets

Use Blue Food Coloring to Make Green Beer « Broken Secrets — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 05:14:15 +0000

[...] 17, 2010 Yesterday, I talked about the history of St. Patricks Day — why we celebrate it, how the color green and the shamrock became the symbols they are [...]

By: Brett

Brett — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:53:03 +0000

So this would have to be the reason why the Notre Dame Fighting Irish wear navy blue uniforms primarily, instead of wearing kelly green. It all makes sense now!