Why do people get pinched on Saint Patricks Day if they do not wear green?

Answer 1

legend says wearing green makes one "invisible" to leprechauns, and apparently, these magical tricksters will pinch anyone who isn't wearing green in honor of the holiday.

Nowadays, people simply pinch each other on St. Patrick's Day more as a cute reminder that they are still visible, and are potentially in danger of even more pinches.

Answer 2

I you pinch someone it will leave a bruise which will likely contain some green color so you are really "fixing" the problem if you ask me.

Answer 3

It's thought that the pinching started in the early 1700s, about the time that awareness of St. Patrick's as a holiday came to the fore, too, in Boston, in the Massachusetts colony. They thought if you wore green, it made you invisible to the Leprechauns, which was good because they would pinch anyone they could see. So the pinching is to warn and remind you about the Leprechauns.

Pinching those not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day is an American tradition, having really nothing to do with Ireland or St. Patrick Wrong. I have lived in Ireland. The truth is, Irish people think Americans are crazy. St. Patrick's Day is not even remotely celebrated over there as heavily as it is in the US.

WikiAnswers users share their ideas on the origin:

• Many years ago, playful Irish children began the tradition of pinching people who forgot to wear green on St. Patrick's Day and the tradition is still practiced today.
• You get pinched because you're a nonconformist.
• Pinching gives you a bruise so you can have some green on you.
• The act of pinching on St. Patrick's day began in America with Irish settlers who tried to get their kids to behave by telling them that fairies would come pinch them.

Answer 4

According to folklore, you get pinched on St. Patrick’s day for not wearing green because green makes you invisible to leprechauns, and leprechauns like to pinch people (because they can!). However, we could find no primary Irish source to certify that claim, so take it with a grain of salt.

Answer 5

Because they don't were green everybody should know that right?

Answer 6

So they know you have noticed they don't have green on.

Answer 7

March 17 is st Patrick's day because they think it makes them invisible.

Answer 8

That's for little kids not middle schoolers.

Answer 9

I don't pinch people anymore. That is kid stuff.

Answer 10

What is the question????