The origins of St. Patrick’s Day
Mar/090
Lá Fhéile Pádraig (St. Paddy’s Day) is a yearly tradition celebrated on March 17th across the world. In Ireland, the day is of course recognized as a national holiday where feasts are abound, the beer flows like wine and Irishmen instinctively flock like the salmon of Capistrano…
Originally, people wore blue, since that was the color most associated with St. Patrick, but since the holiday was formed in Ireland, everybody just wears green anyway. So if you want to be a true St. Patrick’s Day fan, drink some blue beer instead of green, then have a good laugh at everyone drinking their falsely colored beer…then nurse your wounds from the pummeling you just recieved and drink some green beer.
Here in Pittsburgh, we have the 16th longest running St. Patrick’s Day festivities, beginning in 1869. The longest: Bahsten (circa.1773)
So drink up ye lads and lasses and enjoy St. Patrick’s Day responsibly. Sláinte Bradán, Bod Mór, Agus Bás Eireann!
