Saint Patrick's Day

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Traditionally, poppies, shamrocks, badges, button holes and corsages (as worn at a wedding), are worn on the right side for a woman, and on the left side for a man. You will often see the sides mixed up - which I find very annoying!

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Patrick was born in England, and captured by Irish raiders who took him to Ireland, He escaped after 6 years and returned to England. He eventually returned to Ireland as a missionary, and died on March 17th.

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St. Patrick was born in Britain, in either Scotland or Wales.

Ireland is a very lush and green country.

Everyone turns Irish.

It means "good morning."

And nobody in Ireland says it, unless they are making fun of an American.

There are a lot of explanations for it, but the most popular revolves around the start of the year.

In the Middle Ages. many places celebrated the New Year in a week-long party starting on March 25 and ending on April 1. It coincided with a Christian rite called the Feast of the Annunciation, when the Angel Gabriel told the Virgin Mary she was to be the mother of Jesus. When the New Year was changed to January 1, the people who changed to the new holiday called people who celebrated the old one "April fools."

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Traditional meal is not ham and cabbage but corned beef and cabbage. I do not know how or why but I do know its not ham. probably bacon and cabbage or corned beef - the 17th of mach usually falls during the time of Lent, when eating meat was forbidden. an exception was made for st. patricks day, so people ate any meat available, or any that needed to be used up. I love the "fighting Irish" and I'm partly one myself, so I just have to set the record straight and take out the fantasy of St. Patrick's Day and what it really stands for. Note: Through terrible hardships the Irish remained merry, musical, were extremely close to their families and roots. Their folklore revolved around "the little people" and nature and to this day one is mystically involved in the lore and beauty of Ireland. The Irish wife would take a piece of cured pork and serve cabbage along with soda bread. It was a custom that begun by emigrants who, in longing for their homeland they created this meal to remind them of Ireland. Boiled bacon, served with floury potatoes (baked potatoes)and warm soda bread. Butter was used plentiful with this meal. Most Irish families did not own the land they lived on, but rented. When the British came they were greedy and wanted to buy the land, thus, pushing the Irish off their rented land. Some managed to survive inland, while others lived near the coast on rocky terrain and most starved to death. During the better times in Ireland they ate chicken and pork served with spices. Their main staple was the potato of course, but many don't realize that the Irish did not invent the potato and it was brought over by ships from South America in the 1500s. When Ireland suffered several years of blight on their potato crops, the British in an ignorant attempt (they didn't know much about Ireland) tried to introduce Indian Corn from America, but the British didn't understand that Ireland was poverty stricken and millions had died during the famine and there was no money to build mills for the corn. Here is another interesting note: When America got word of the conditions in Ireland they sent sacks of Indian Corn, etc., over to Ireland, but the sneaky British wanted the ships to dock in England first and they would put a tax on this cargo. America verbally fought the British and eventually the British gave in and allowed the ships to go directly to Ireland. The potato famine of 1848 was the most devastating Irish famine in history. Many of the people were forced to resort to desperate practices known as bleeding. Bleeding was draining some of the cow's blood and mixing it with rotten potatoes and cabbage to make soup. Others would peal bark from trees and boil it or those near the coast would take seaweed and do the same. People were found dead in their homes with bloated stomachs, green tongues from eating grass in attempt to ward off starvation. It was said that the British had a flash of sympathy for the Irish and created the workhouses which were nothing more than a place to go and die. Little money was made and certainly not enough to feed a family. To make a long story short, Britain wanted the best furtile land in Ireland and in history, many feel that Britain created a genecide by starving the people. Queen Victoria visited Ireland during the famine at a high cost back then of $5,000. It would take $1 to feed a large Irish family. (Figure this one out.) She came, she saw and returned with no future help to the Irish. Britain thought by giving the Irish a helping hand it would harm them more than help them as they would get used to asking for a "free handout" and lose their work ethic. The British leader Trevellian said there would be no handouts for the Irish as "we don't want to create a nation of beggars reliant on us for their personal survival." The British created "work programs" and had some Irish breaking rock for roads that lead nowhere. Many of the Irish families would send one adult and a child to (the vast amount going to America) a few to Australia and Canada. Passage was $10/person. 1 in 4 people died in the famine. Parishes held mass funerals. With no money there was a "community coffin." When there was a death the people would use the coffin for the wake and funeral. At the grave site, a trap door would be opened and the corpse would fall into the grave. The coffin would be returned to be used for the next individual. Coffin Ships were used by many Irish families for their passage to America. It was the cheapest way to travel to Haratio Alger's "land of opportunity." Due to the lack of room disease spread quickly often causing the deaths of over half of the passengers. The death toll was so high you could line gravestones across the Atlantic Ocean from one shore to the other. Wakes were created and considered happy occasions because some were able to leave their life of hardship behind, but in return they would rarely see their family members again. To this day the British and Irish are warring along with the religious war in Ireland. In the 1980's my friend Bernadette whose brother was in Ireland had to be sent to live in Canada because he was so badly beaten by the British soldiers at one of the "stop points" along one of the roads. All her brother did, was forget his papers to show the British soldiers and he had to get home. If we look way back in history we will find that Hitler was not the first to use a greedy eye on the world around him and commit a genecide. It's been in almost every country in the world and it's still going on to this day. Responding to previous answer: That bit of info really makes one think. Very powerful and very true statement.

To commemorate Saint Patrick, and the Irish people and Irish heritage of which he is the patron.

Patrick grew up in England. His father was a strong believer in God but Patrick was not and was a trouble maker. One day Irish soldiers attacked their town and Patrick was captured and sent to Ireland. He was originally going to be a sacrifice to their gods, but a sheep herder made Patrick his slave. He served the man for many years and was even allowed to roam around with the sheep. So one day God told him there was a ship for him to go on back to England, so when his owner refused to free him, he just left. At the ship, he got passage by taking care of the animals on board. He went home, but he felt God calling him to go once again to Ireland to preach about God. In Ireland he defied their god's customs and this drew the attention of the king. somehow (i don't remember exactly) Patrick must have performed a miracle or something like that and the king listened to him. Soon many Irish people came to know the lord because of him and that is why Irish people and Americans (because many Irish live in America) celebrate Saint Patrick's day.

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England celebrates St. George's day on April 23rd. He was adopted the Patron St. of England and Richard the Lion Heart adopted the symbol of the Red Cross on the white background as the flag of England. Best known as "The Dragon Slayer"

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We don't know if he considered himself Irish or not, he certainly spent his life there.

He probably considered himself a Christian first.

There are a number of saints named Jamres, including two apostles. Please be specific.