Wearing green has become a staple of St. Patrick’s Day, but the holiday was originally associated with the color blue.
Fun Fact: Did you know the color of St. Patrick’s Day was originally blue?
It is thought that the shift to green happened because of Ireland’s nickname, “The Emerald Isle,” the green in the Irish flag and the shamrock, or clover.
Use your time today to research a fun fact about St. Patrick’s Day and share with us!!
The first St. Patricks day celebration in the United States was in Boston in 1737.
Really, cool!
WOW!!
1. St. Patrick wasn’t actually Irish, he was born in Britain and kidnapped by Irish pirates
2. The four leaves of the clover represent faith, love, hope, and luck.
3. New York has a lot of Irish pride, maybe even more than Ireland!
Awesome! We should try to draw our best clovers!
St. Patrick was a slave in his early years.
I wonder if people that treated him that way found out that he was a saint.
The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was in Boston in 1737.
St. Patrick was not even Irish.
The first st Patrick’s day parade that New York celebrated was in 1762 also Chicago dyes one of there rivers green every year for st Patrick’s day.
Wow, a green river?! Pretty amazing!
In 1962 Chicago dyed their river GREEN on St.Patricks day for the first time!
Also the odds of finding a 4 leaf clover are 1 in 10,000!
Really, wow!
Here are six surprising facts I found out about St.Patricks day!
1. The Real St. Patrick Was Born in Britain
2. There Were No Snakes Around for St. Patrick to Banish from Ireland
3. Leprechauns Are Likely Based on Celtic Fairies
4. The Shamrock Was Considered a Sacred Plant
5. The First St. Patrick’s Day Parade Was Held in America
6. The Irish Were Once Scorned in America
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