Dress in Green!!

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Did you know (aka – Fun facts to chat up a cutie at the pub):

-The first St. Patrick’s Day parade in America took place in New York City in 1762.

-Up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17.

-The shamrock, which was also called the “seamroy” by the Celts, was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland because it symbolized the rebirth of spring.

-During his mission in Ireland, St. Patrick once stood on a hilltop (which is now called Croagh Patrick), and with only a wooden staff by his side, banished all the snakes from Ireland. In fact, the island nation was never home to any snakes. The “banishing of the snakes” was really a metaphor for the eradication of pagan ideology from Ireland and the triumph of Christianity.

- The original color of St. Patrick was not green – it was blue! In the 19th century, however, green came to be used as a symbol for Ireland.

May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back and the sun shine bright upon your face… and until we meet again, may life hold you in the palm of its hand.

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