Saint Patrick's Day

St. Patrick's day is celebrated on March 17th each year. This date coincides with the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick who passed away on March 17 in the year 461. In Dublin and many other places in Ireland it is a week long celebration.
The feast day of St. Patrick is March 17.

Not true. They wear green or orange. About 500 years ago William of Orange, a Catholic noble was at war with the Protestant Irish. His troops wore Orange and the Irish wore green. Up to this day the Catholic in Ireland wear orange and the Protestant green. This difference through the centuries has been the cause of much of "troubles" in Ireland.

It's pretty much a U.S. custom for St. Patricks day. In Ireland, the protestants and catholics are so displeased with each other that they have actually been fighting a war for many years. We should not take sides nor should we believe that we understand the issues. Catholics wear green on St. Patricks day to commmemorate their religion. On the other hand, the protestants wear orange as a statement against Catholicism. The pinching is little more than a statement against anyone who was not openly and proudly Catholic.

Patrick was a trouble maker who lived in England and one day when the Irish attacked, he was captured and made a slave. Not until he became a slave was he close to God.

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No. In fact some people in Ireland wear orange. This dates back to William of Orange and his supporters. In Ireland wearing the green stands for the Catholic religion and wearing orange means you are protestant. It isn't until the Irish landed in America that St. Patrick's Day became totally a day of wearing green because many of the new immigrants were Catholic. In the 1780's the first St. Patrick's Day parade was started in NYC.

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I myself do not wear green nor orange on Saint Patrick's day because either colour worn on that day would show an allegiance to one side or the other of this stupid rivalry between the Catholics (green) and the Protestants (orange). These two camps have been murdering each other (and innocent bystanders) for hundreds of years. It is totally sick.

If you think I am wrong, try wearing the wrong colour at one side or another's parade or football game in Britain and see what a "Christian" does to you. It's no different or better than the Crips verses the Bloods, or the Hell's Angels verses the Banditos. It's just as stupid but has been going on for much longer. And no amount of justifying the violence for one side or the other makes it right.

Wearing green or orange on that day would be like being in Africa and wearing something that identified oneself with either the Hutu or Tutsi tribes in Africa which have been hacking each other to death on and off for decades. Who would want to identify with either side?

You could wear their colours, but when you know what has been associated with the whole thing, why would you want to?

It is said that Patrick was about 16 years old when he was abducted.

• The New York parade has become the largest Saint Patrick's Day parade in the world. In a typical year, 150,000 marchers participate in it, including bands, firefighters, military and police groups, county associations, emigrant societies, and social and cultural clubs, and 2 million spectators line the streets.
• Boston, the nations oldest parade, also hosts about 3-400,000 or more people each year, and has one of the biggest and best party atmospheres in America's "most Irish neighborhood."
• Savannah, GA, boasts the unofficial largest attendance with 750,000 people in attendance in 2006.
• Due to the rich history of Scranton participation in St. Patrick's Day festivities, it is one of the oldest and most populated parades in the United States. Scranton hosts the third largest St. Patrick's Day Parade in the United States.

Patrick was born about 1,600 years ago in Britain. As a boy Patrick was taken away and made a slave in Ireland. Patrick was a slave for many years and one day he made his escape. Upon returning to Britain Patrick promised to work for the church. Patrick was sent by the church back to Ireland where he spent his life converting the Irish people to be Catholic religion. Patrick converted thousands of Irish people and built many churches, and when he died the Catholic church made him a saint so that is why he was called saint Patrick and that is why we celebrate it. It is Ireland's national holiday and wherever Irish people can be found around the world, it is celebrated.

Another user said: "first of all you are stupid because its a lake called lake michigan, and it is in Chicago, where i used to live sooo... .ya you are dumb!"

Please excuse the answer to the question that another user posted above. Though they may have once lived in Chicago, they obviously did not attend a school that had maps or English classes to learn the physical layout of the city where they lived, or the proper spelling of the word "yeah". The RIVER is the Chicago River and it runs THROUGH the city of Chicago, emptying out into Lake Michigan. If Chicago were "in" the Lake as suggested by the other user, then the 2,896,016 people who live there would be under water and, I dare say, in big trouble. The city of Chicago was built on the western shore OF lake Michigan. Details people, details. And this year (2011) the river was dyed green on March 12th. Google image search to find some great photos.

• People go to Ireland.
• Many people drink green beer; also eat corned-beef, potatoes, and cabbage. Many people will wear something green, and/or wear shamrocks. You don't have to be Irish to enjoy St. Patrick's Day, the green-themed holiday known for its celebration of Irish culture and myth. From parties to parades, there are many ways people of all different ethnicities can be Irish for the day and enjoy a good time on St. Patrick's Day. Here are some ways you can celebrate.
• Make it green. Whether you are celebrating at home with your kids, at the office, or at your favorite pub with friends, adding green to the day can make St. Patrick's Day a little more festive than the average weekday. Wearing green, drinking green beer or milk shakes, dyeing food green, and putting up whatever kind of green decorations you can find at the local store are common but effective ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day.
• Some people also dye their hair green, get temporary tattoos with shamrocks or dress up in other ways almost as it is a green-themed Halloween. Just make sure that hair dye is temporary! Check out local events. St. Patrick's Day is a popular day for local events. Whether it is a party at your favorite bar, live Irish music, or a huge, family-friendly parade, there's always something going on come March 17, at least in major cities.
• Check your local paper for events of interest around you and stop by for some St. Patrick's Day festivities thrown for anyone who wants to enjoy them. You can also check out this kind of funny website, St-Patrick's-Day. Have a party. You can always throw your own St. Patrick's Day party. Decorate in green, has plenty of music: Chieftains, U2, Sinead O'Connor, and the Corrs, whatever your taste, plus throw in all the other usual party stuff and invite friends to celebrate with you.
• You can also serve traditional Irish food, though I would not suggest it, but that is just personal taste. However, if you are interested, find some recipes here: Delve into tradition. If you are proud of your Irish heritage or want to be Irish for the day, look into some St. Patrick trivia on this special day. You can learn about your own ethnic background (or someone else's...) by discovering who St. Patrick was and why anyone cares. You can learn about how the saint's day is celebrated in the U.S as compared to how it is celebrated in Ireland. You can even learn about leprechauns if you want. Start here.
• Host an Irish film festival. Rent some Irish-themed DVDs or movies starring Irish actors and veg out for the night with some green-dyed popcorn. Some famous Irish actors: Liam Neeson, Pierce Brosnan, Colin Farrell and Fionnula Flanagan (mysterious jeweler from Lost...). Some famous Irish movies? "The Quiet Man," "The Secret of Roan Inish," "Waking Ned Divine," "The Commitments," and "Leprechaun."
• Okay, maybe that is not exactly Irish as much as just a horrible B-movie, but it could be fun to watch. Prank people with rubber snakes. Part of the St. Patrick's legend is that he drove a plague of snakes out of Ireland. A lesser-known St. Patrick's Day traditional game relates to this aspect of the man. The rules of the game are simple: See how many people you can spook in one day with a rubber snake (which you can buy at places like NaturePavilion).
• Play in competition with other people and decide on a prize for the winner. Note: when I say this is a "lesser known tradition," I mean I just made it up today. Nevertheless, I am so doing it this year. Have a designated driver. Few holidays, except maybe New Year's Eve, are as associated with drinking as St. Patrick's Day. If you do go out with some friends and the Irish whiskey and green beer starts flowing, make sure there is a designated driver.
• A celebration that includes drunk driving could end up being anything but fun. St. Patrick's Day is a fun, colorful, upbeat holiday that people celebrate all over the world. From the biggest parade in New York City to the celebration in the tiniest small-town pub, there is plenty of fun to be had by the Irish and Irish-for-a-day. St. Patrick's Day can be whatever you make it, and it can be one of the most fun days of the year. Moreover, that's no blarney.

People around the country wear green and pinch each other if they aren't wearing anything green. In one city, they use enviornmentally safe dye to turn the river green. It celebrates St. Patrick, a British missionary who spread Christianity throughout Ireland.

Generally most people in the United States tend to use St. Patrick's day as a good excuse to drink. However in some areas, particularly with large Irish populations parades will be put on as well.

Here in Ireland, yes.

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Other than the fact that they are all holidays, practically nothing. Cinco de Maya is day of the dead, St. Patrick's Day is a (Catholic?) holiday and Kwanzaa is non-denominational so they don't have much to do with each other.

Leprechauns had nothing to do with St. Patrick or the celebration of St. Patrick's Day, a Catholic holy day. In 1959, Walt Disney released a film called Darby O'Gill & the Little People, which introduced America to a very different sort of leprechaun than the cantankerous little man of Irish folklore. This cheerful, friendly leprechaun is a purely American invention, but has quickly evolved into an easily recognizable symbol of both St. Patrick's Day and Ireland in general.

St. Patrick's Day is March 17 every year.

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a leporcon is big in saint Patrick's day in Ireland because saint Patrick made up that he was one and he became popular

The belief that four-leaf clovers are lucky could be attributed to the proliferation of clovers in Ireland, and the rarity of finding one with four leaves. It is said that the odds of finding them are 10,000 to 1.

According to Irish tradition, those who find a four-leaf clover are destined for good luck, as each leaf in the clover symbolizes good omens for faith, hope, love, and luck for the finder.

Many Scottish people do celebrate St. Patrick's Day. Many have Irish relations or ancestors and there are strong ties between Ireland and Scotland. Some celebrate with the Irish people there.