a pot of gold!

In celebration of St. Patrick’s Day, and since it’s considered a “Holiday” today is all about the GREEN.  St. Patrick’s Day is supposed to be a religious holiday, which believe it or not is celebrated all over the globe. The name St. Patrick… was a saint in 387-461 AD, who was the recognized as the patron saint in Ireland. Representing a celebration of the Catholic Church and especially the Church of Ireland, it originated as a “Feast Day” in the early 17^th century, though now is mostly celebrated as “Irish Culture”!

A little about Saint Patrick:

Saint Patrick was born into a wealthy Romano-British Family. He was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave. He was believed to have been held somewhere on the west coast of Ireland, possibly around Mayo. He was told by God in a dream to flee from captivity to the coast, where he would board a ship and return to Britain.  When he returned he joined the Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to become a priest. In 432, he again said that he was called back to Ireland, though as a bishop, to Christianise the Irish from their native polytheism. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of evangelism, he died on 17 March 461, and according to tradition, was buried at Downpatrick. Although there were other more successful missions to Ireland from Rome, Patrick endured as the principal champion of Irish Christianity and is held in esteem in the Irish Church.


The White House @ St. Patrick's Day



So why do we celebrate with Green?

Originally, the color associated with Saint Patrick was blue. Over the years the color green and its association with Saint Patrick's day has grown Green. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century. He is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the day. In the 1798 rebellion, in hopes of making a political statement, Irish soldiers wore full green uniforms on 17 March in hopes of catching public attention. The phrase "the wearing of the green", meaning to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, derives from a song of the same name.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day!


Chicago's River Died Green


Happy St. Patricks Day!
Lucy