{"id":36627,"date":"2021-03-16T01:14:24","date_gmt":"2021-03-16T00:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saintsavoy.com\/?p=36627"},"modified":"2021-05-13T16:57:48","modified_gmt":"2021-05-13T14:57:48","slug":"celebrate-st-patricks-day-and-all-things-green","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saintsavoy.com\/en\/celebrate-st-patricks-day-and-all-things-green\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day and all things green!"},"content":{"rendered":"\t
\n\t\t\n

\ud83c\udf40\ud83c\udf40Did you know?\u00a0<\/strong>\ud83c\udf40\ud83c\udf40<\/p>\n

1. St. Patrick’s Day is a national holiday in both Ireland and Northern Ireland, but up until the 1970s, it was a more solemn occasion and pubs were closed. Now, the country welcomes hordes of green-clad tourists for parades, drinks, and perhaps the reciting of a few limericks.\u00a0\ud83c\udf40<\/p>\n

2.According to Irish folklore, leprechauns were cranky tricksters who you wouldn’t want to mess with. They live alone and pass the time by mending the shoes of Irish fairies… \ud83c\udf40<\/p>\n

3. \u00a0The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in New York in the 1760s. New York City’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade is one of the world’s largest parades. \ud83c\udf40<\/p>\n

4. The original colour of St. Patrick’s Day was blue, not green! Green only became associated with the big day after the Irish independence movement in the late 18th century.\ud83c\udf40<\/p>\n

6. Each leaf of a 4-leaf clover is said to mean something:
Hope, Faith, Love, Luck \ud83c\udf40<\/p>\n\t\t\n