St. Patrick's day

Since I am part Irish, I feel a little obligated to post about this subject. Today is the day of the Irish. If you look at the snapchat story on St. Patty's day, you will see many a people celebrating like wild in Dublin. I have now put it on my list to be somewhere in Ireland during St. Patrick's day. Yes, there will be a many drunken people, but really there will be drunk people anywhere anyway.

If you were ever curious, here is the story of how St. Patty's came about.

It is named after the Catholic saint Patrick. He was actually born in England and was brought by slavery to Ireland. He then escaped to France and became a priest. Through his religious journey he felt the need to return to Ireland and he was the one who brought back Christianity to Ireland. This is a day when lent is lifted in many countries and is the usual cause for drinking a lot. Fun stuff huh? Some other fun facts are 

The 3 leaf shamrock: is a symbol from the Irish to explain the trinity. 

Apparently they die the rivers green?!? This happened in Chicago and I guess has just been a tradition since then.

Corn beef and Cabbage: First off this stuff is nasty, but when the Irish immigrants arrived to America they were way too poor to be able to afford really anything so this became the staple. Nasty!!

I hope you enjoyed my post about my people! I do quite enjoy my Irish history:) and enjoy this beautiful picture of Ireland.

Much love,

The Ginger