Saturday, March 17, 2012

St. Patrick's Day



"It's not easy being green." ~Kermit the Frog. Today is Saint Patrick's Day! A time to celebrate irish history and culture. It's been celebrated for over a thousand years, and mostly in by the Roman Catholic Church in Ireland. Vivian has been to Ireland actually, and above are some of her favorite pictures she has taken there!! St. Patrick has to be the most prominent figure in this holiday, and the reason being is that he brought Christianity to Ireland. It is said to be on this date mainly because they believe that he died on March 17, 461 AD. We celebrate this holiday worldwide though; by wearing green, pinching each other, drinking green beer, feasting, and respect the Irish culture. Four-leaf clovers' rare occurrences are still known to be lucky, and the estimate is supposedly around 10,000 three-leaf clovers for ever lucky four-leaf one :)Happy St. Patrick's Day everyone!

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