12 Facts of St. Patrick's Day
MagicHat
Published
03/17/2015
St. Patrick's Day has become about green drinks and four-leafed shamrocks. Did you know these were the facts instead?
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Blue is the real color for St. Patty's Day. Green is actually considered unlucky. -
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St. Patty's parades are American tradition, not Irish. -
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St. Patrick was not from Ireland. He was a slave from Wales. -
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The shamrock is not the national symbol in Ireland. It's a gold harp with silver strings and a blue background. -
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Until 1970 St. Patty's Day was a dry holiday in Ireland. Every pub would be closed. -
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People don't drink green beer in Ireland on St. Patty's Day. -
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Corned beef is not eaten in Ireland on St. Patty's Day. It's not even an Irish dish. -
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There were no snakes in Ireland for St. Patrick to drive out. -
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The song "Wearing of the Green" is anti-colonialist, so you cause trouble when you sing it in British pubs. -
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It should be called "St. Maewyn's Day" instead. St. Patrick's birth name was Maewyn Succat. He only altered it after becoming an Irish priest. -
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Irish shamrocks have three leaves, not four. -
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St. Patrick died on March 17th. It's a celebration of his death, technically.
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