St Patrick's Day

There is a famous phrase, ‘Everyone wants to be Irish on St Patrick's Day.’ But, what does it mean ?

St Patrick's Day is a national holiday for the Irish. It is celebrated on 17 March, the day when St Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, died.

St Patrick's Day is celebrated with some traditional music, meals (Irish bacon and cabbage), Irish sporting events, street parades and plenty of drinks. People drink typical green beer then. In fact, everything is themed around green – shamrocks (St Patrick explained the Holy Trinity by using the shamrock), snakes (St Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland) and leprechauns with green hats and pots of gold (purely American invention). People traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps, children wear orange, white and green badges (the colours of Irish flag) and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.

To sum up, St Patrick's Day is a time for fun! So, why not be Irish on 17 March?

And, for the end of this short story on St Patrick's Day, listen to this famous Irish song:

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