Snakes and Pagans!!!!

Happy St. Pat's everyone!

I do enjoy a good St. Patrick's day, but I find the origins a little strange. We basically celebrate a day for St. Patrick, who was born into a wealthy British family, for driving paganism out of Ireland. So instead of the snakes... he drove out pagans. Gee, thanks St. Pat!

Only recently did this holiday involve parades and getting drunk. In Ireland it was taken as an important religious holiday and all taverns were shut down for the day.

Here are some fun facts-

St. Patrick's Day marks the Roman Catholic feast day for Ireland's patron saint, who died in the 5th century. St. Patrick (Patricius in Latin) was not born in Ireland, but in Britain.

In the United States, it's customary to wear green on St. Patrick's Day. But in Ireland the color was long considered to be unlucky. (The real St. Pat's color is Blue)

Anyway, like most holidays... St. Pat's Day has an interesting past. Go out and have a good time and a few drinks!

"Slainté!"

(the Irish word, pronounced SLAN-cha, for "health.")