5 Curiosities about St. Patrick's day
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Today is a very special day for Ireland, today Ireland celebrates Saint Patrick's Day. Many of you know this day, is the most year festivity in Ireland Republic. On this day everything turns green, we can attend shows, celebrations, concerts, fireworks and lots of fun accompanied by rivers of beer. Tradition want everyone wears a shamrock. But let’s find out more.
March 17th is a centennial celebration that honors St. Patrick since 1903. St. Patrick’s real name was Maewyn Succat, he lived between 385 and 461 AD and was of Scottish origins. As a teenager he was captured in Wales or Scotland and sold as a slave. Before fleeing, he grazed sheep and had a vision that directed him to return to Ireland and spread the message of Christianity. Then he became a religious, became a priest then a bishop and converted the Celtic Irish pagans.
It is said that St. Patrick prayed in a very deep cave and, according to legend, sometimes urged the faithful to venture into it so that they could see the entrance to hell with their own eyes. The saint traveled throughout Ireland preaching and teaching, founding monasteries, helping poor people and performing miracles.
Did you know that? 5 curiosities about St. Patrick's Day:
1. Why march 17th? How is it celebrated?
March 17th is the date of the saint’s death. One of the most traditional ways to celebrate St. Patrick is to go to mass wearing a freshly picked clover. Today it is customary to wear at least one green garment and celebrate in the streets of the city with friends and relatives.
2. Why is there talk of snakes?
According to legend, St. Patrick freed Ireland from snakes, a metaphor for paganism, since there were no snakes or reptiles on the emerald island.
3. St. Patrick is associated with shamrock
St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain to the Irish the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit).
4. Everything is green
In this day everything turns green! Clothes, shoes, hair but also food and beer! Beyond this, rivers, monuments and ski resorts are also tinged with green. In some cities, the street stripes on which the parade passes are dyed green.
5. Rivers of beer
During this festival, Guinness consumption triples, from 5.5 million pints on an ordinary day to 13 million, 150 pints of beer per second!
The best know, exported and drunk beer during St. Patrick day is certainly Guinness Beer, you can find it here..with all its beers!
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