Green Day in the Neighborhood

Happy Belated St. Patrick's Day to Our (Male) Readers

Many of us no matter our nationality, ethnicity, culture or religion celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Honestly growing up I knew 5 basic things about St. Patrick's Day.

1. You wear green or be tortured by a bully or two. ( I wore green the whole week.)

2. Mom went to See's Candies and brought the most delicious 'baked potatoes'. They were basically a big distorted ball of divinity candy covered in chocolate.
3. It's an Irish holiday but we all celebrate it.

4. Four-leaf clovers are lucky. Never found one ...need I say more?

5. People use it as an excuse to get drunk and act stupid ...which they do anyway. (Go figure!)

As an enlighten minimally educated bimbo, I learned:
St. Patrick's Day as we know it ... is based on Christian saint's feast day. And may be also the date of the saint's death. In the U.S. Irish immigrants began observing the holiday publicly in Boston around 1737. The first St. Patrick's Day Parade was held in New York City, 1766.
St. Patrick's Day is busting at the seams with folklore; from the shamrock to the leprechaun and to pinching those that are not wearing green ( Think bullies ...people).

The belief is that St. Patrick drove out the snakes from Ireland. St. Patrick ( who was once a pagan) is one of Christianity's most widely known figures.

I have a sneaky suspicion that 'Saint Serious' and 'Saint Pumkin' may be attracting quite a few one-eyed snakes. ( I am tired of you people throwing rotten fruit at me...just saying.)

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