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Saint Patrick's Day
St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. But for all his celebrity, his life remains somewhat of a mystery. Ask any questions here about celebrating St. Patrick's Day.
1,016 Questions
Is it against Christianity to believe that four leaf clover brings luck?
Nope. Just the opposite.
According to Irish legend, St. Patrick used the Shamrock's three leaves to teach the pagans about Christianity. It symbolized the Holy Trinity with each leaf representing the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost. When it's found with the additonal fourth leaf represents God's Grace.
What did Saint Urho drive out of Ireland and what day is it celebrated?
St. Patrick drove snakes from Ireland.. St Uhro.. the story began in Minnesota - drove grasshoppers from FINLAND. :D
Where does St Patrick's day happen?
Everywhere. Is this a trick question?
St. Patrick's Day is an official saints day of the church and in that respect
it is celebrated wherever the catholic church operates. However, the
secular celebrations does not occur "everywhere". It occurs in such
places as United States, Argentina, Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
Great Britain, Japan, Montserrat, and South Korea.
How many words can you make out of Saint Patrick's Day?
3-letter words
aas, act, ads, aid, air, ais, ait, apt, arc, ark, ars, art, ask, asp, ays, cad, cap, car, cat, cay, cis, cry, dak, dap, day, dip, dit, dry, ick, icy, ids, irk, its, kas, kat, kay, kid, kip, kir, kit, pac, pad, par, pas, pat, pay, pia, pic, pis, pit, pry, psi, pya, rad, rap, ras, rat, ray, ria, rid, rip, rya, sac, sad, sap, sat, say, sic, sip, sir, sis, sit, ska, ski, sky, spa, spy, sri, sty, tad, tap, tar, tas, tat, tic, tip, tis, tit, try, tsk, yak, yap, yar, yip
4-letter words
acid, acta, acts, adit, aids, airs, airt, airy, aits, arak, arcs, aria, arid, arks, arts, arty, asci, asks, asps, atap, cadi, cads, caid, caky, caps, card, cark, carp, cars, cart, casa, cask, cast, cats, cays, cist, city, crap, cris, cyst, dais, daks, daps, dark, dart, data, days, dick, dips, dipt, dirk, dirt, disc, disk, dita, dits, drat, dray, drip, drys, icky, irks, kaas, kadi, kapa, kart, kats, kays, kids, kips, kirs, kiss, kist, kits, kris, kyar, kyat, paca, pack, pacs, pact, padi, pads, paid, paik, pair, para, pard, park, pars, part, pass, past, pats, paty, pays, pias, pica, pick, pics, pika, pita, pits, pity, prat, pray, psis, psst, pyas, pyic, rack, racy, rads, raia, raid, raki, raps, rapt, rasp, rats, raya, rays, rias, rick, rids, rips, risk, ryas, sack, sacs, sadi, said, saki, saps, sard, sari, sark, sati, says, scad, scar, scat, scry, sick, sics, sips, sirs, sits, skas, skat, skid, skip, skis, skit, spar, spas, spat, spay, spit, spry, sris, star, stat, stay, stir, tack, tact, tads, taka, tapa, taps, tarp, tars, tart, task, tass, tats, tick, tics, tidy, tips, tits, trad, trap, tray, trip, tsar, tsks, yack, yaks, yaps, yard, yips, yird
5-letter words
acari, acids, acidy, acrid, adapt, adits, adyta, airts, apart, apsis, araks, arias, arsis, artsy, asdic, aspic, aspis, assai, assay, astir, ataps, atria, atrip, attar, attic, cadis, caids, caird, carat, cards, carks, carpi, carps, carts, casas, casks, casky, casts, catty, cissy, cists, craps, crass, crisp, crypt, cysts, dairy, daisy, daric, darks, darts, diary, dicks, dicky, dicta, dicty, dirks, dirts, dirty, discs, disks, ditas, ditsy, ditty, drats, drays, drips, dript, kadis, kapas, karat, karst, karts, kissy, kists, kitty, krait, kyars, kyats, pacas, packs, pacts, padis, padri, paiks, pairs, paisa, paras, pardi, pards, pardy, paris, parka, parks, parts, party, pasta, pasts, pasty, patsy, patty, picas, picks, picky, pikas, pitas, prats, prays, prick, pricy, priss, pyric, racks, raias, raids, rakis, rapid, rasps, raspy, ratty, rayas, riata, ricks, risks, risky, sacks, sacra, sadis, saids, sakis, sapid, sards, saris, sarks, sarky, satay, satis, satyr, sayid, sayst, scads, scarp, scars, scart, scary, scats, scatt, scrap, scrip, sicks, sitar, skats, skids, skips, skirt, skits, spacy, spait, spark, spars, spats, spays, spica, spicy, spiky, spirt, spiry, spits, sprat, spray, sprit, stack, staid, stair, stark, stars, start, stats, stays, stick, stirk, stirp, stirs, strap, stray, stria, strid, strip, tacit, tacks, tacky, tacts, tapas, tapir, tapis, tardy, tarps, tarsi, tarts, tarty, tasks, tasty, tatar, tiara, ticks, tipsy, track, tract, traik, trait, traps, trapt, trass, trays, triac, triad, trick, trips, tryst, tsadi, tsars, typic, yacks, yaird, yards, yirds
6-letter words
acarid, adapts, apiary, arista, artist, asdics, aspics, astray, attack, attars, attics, atypic, cairds, capias, capita, capris, capsid, carats, cardia, casita, cassia, crasis, crisps, crispy, crissa, crista, crypts, darics, datary, dicast, diktat, dipsas, karats, karsts, kraits, paisas, parity, parkas, pastas, pastis, pastry, picara, piracy, piraya, pricks, pricky, prissy, racist, rapids, rapist, riatas, sadist, satays, satrap, satyrs, sayids, scarps, scarts, scatts, scatty, scraps, scrips, script, sistra, sitars, skirts, skycap, spaits, sparid, sparks, sparky, spicas, spirts, sprats, sprays, sprits, stacks, stadia, stairs, starts, static, sticks, sticky, stirks, stirps, strait, straps, strata, strati, strays, strick, strict, strips, stript, stripy, tapirs, tarsia, tatars, tiaras, tipcat, tracks, tracts, traiks, traits, triacs, triads, tricks, tricky, trysts, tsadis, typist, yairds, yttria, yttric
7-letter words
acarids, aristas, artists, ascarid, ascaris, astatic, astrict, attacks, capsids, cardias, caritas, casitas, daystar, dicasts, diktats, diptyca, dispart, drastic, karstic, partita, picaras, pirayas, piscary, racists, rapists, sacrist, satraps, satrapy, satyric, satyrid, scripts, skycaps, sparids, spastic, stadias, startsy, statics, straits, stratas, stricks, styptic, tarsias, tipcart, tipcats, tricksy, tripack, tryptic, tsarist, typists, yttrias
8-letter words
adscript, ascarids, astricts, caryatid, castrati, daystars, diptycas, disparts, distract, partitas, rapacity, sacristy, satyrids, sparsity, staticky, styptics, tipcarts, tripacks, triptyca
9-letter words
adscripts, caryatids, distracts, dyscrasia, triptycas, yardstick
10-letter words
yardsticks
In order not to get pinched does the green you are wearing have to be visible or not?
If you are wearing a very minimal amount of green, such as part of a sock, necklace, earring, bracelet, etc, it does not count, and you will rightfully get pinched.
However, if you wear a completely green shirt, necklace, bracelet, earring, etc, and it's just hidden (not on purpose, mind you), then if someone pinches you, you are permitted to pinch them back.
The legend is that St. Patrick used its leaves as an example to show how God has 3 parts in one: the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
What time does the St. Patrick's Day parade start in Enfield?
The following places are all called "Enfield" and most of them have parades for St. Patrick's Day, starting at many different times:
Australia
- Enfield, New South Wales
- Enfield, South Australia
- Enfield, Victoria
Canada
- Enfield, Nova Scotia
England
- Enfield Chase
- Enfield Highway
- Enfield Lock
- Enfield Town
- Enfield East (UK Parliament constituency)
- Enfield West (UK Parliament constituency)
- Enfield North (UK Parliament constituency)
- Enfield Southgate (UK Parliament constituency)
- Enfield (UK Parliament constituency), the former parliamentary seat, since redrawn
- Municipal Borough of Enfield, the former borough, since enlarged
- Enfield, Worcestershire, a district of Redditch
Ireland
- Enfield, County Meath
United States
- Enfield, Connecticut
- Enfield, Illinois
- Enfield, Maine
- Enfield, New Hampshire
- Enfield, New York
- Enfield, North Carolina
Can the three leaf clover mean love too?
The most acostomed meaning of the three leaf clover derives from the Legend of St. Patrick when he relates the three leaves on the clover to the Trinity, 'father, son, and holy ghost,'. Although, a three leaf clover is just a plant, its symbol can mean whatever you want it to. Once again, you made a ton of spelling errors and think your so smart!
Is go raibh maith agat the Irish way to say Happy St. Patrick's Day?
No. Go raibh maith agat means Thank you. Lá (fheile) Phadraig shona dhuit is happy st patricks day (not sure about spelling).
What events happened in Ireland from 1905 to 1921?
Well, 1905 to 1911 was relatively uneventful, apart from a number of land acts which consolidated tennant proprietership in Ireland. Then in 1911 the Parliament Act was introduced in Westminster, which prohibited the power of the House of Lords, taking away their right to veto bills coming from the House of Commons, and only allowing them to delay them for two years. Thus when a third Home Rule Bill was introduced in 1912, it was set to become law in 1914. Due to this, Unionists around the country formed the UVF to fight Home Rule, and in retaliation, the nationalists formed the Irish Volunteers to fight on their behalf. Also at this time there was an industrial revolution taking place in Southern Ireland, with the advent of trade unions, which led to the Strike and Lockout of 1913. In 1914, WWI started and Home Rule was put off. John Redmond, leader of the Irish Parliamentary Party advised the Irish to fight on behalf of Britain, which led to a split in the Irish Volunteers. In 1915, a group of rebels known as the IRB came together, and, using the remaining Irish Volunteers, planned the uprising of Easter 1916. At first public opinion was very much against the rising, but this changed, after the British blundered by executing the leaders, putting a curfew on Irish cities and interning many innocent Irish citizens. This rising became known (mistakenly) as the Sinn Fein rising, which led to a huge increase in popularity for the party. They built on this by mounting a successful campaign against a British attempt to introduce conscription to Ireland in 1917. This hugely contributed to their success in the 1918 general elections, where they won over 70 of the seats. They practised a policy of abstention and formed their own parliament, the Dail, which met for the first time in January 1919, on the same day as the first shots of the war of Independence were fired in Soloheadbeg, Co. Tipperary. The war continued up until a truce was declared in July 1921, after which the Irish sent a contingent over to Britain for talks which led to Anglo Irish Treaty of 1921 which became the basis for the Irish Civil War. Action packed years! : )
Well, it suppose to be the four leaf clover that is lucky.
Is the Charles river dyed green to celebrate Saint Patrick27s Day?
Yes and No. The Charles River flows through the city of Boston. I heard this story... Unfortunately, the original city planners designed the storm drains and the sewer system of Boston as one in the same. They combined the systems into one piping system. Consequently, the sewage treatment plants must process the city sewage AND the the rain water that enters all the city storm drains. At times of unusually heavy rainfall, the sewage treatment plants cannot handle the massive volume of rain water mixed with sewage, and the untreated overflow is forced into the Charles River. As a result the excessive growth of bacteria feeding off the untreated sewage causes the river water to turn green. So, if this accidental and unfortunate incident occurs on St. Patrick's Day, I guess we might say that we have colored the Charles River the color of green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day. I understand that ALL other cities in America designed the sewage system separate from the storm drain system. Boston is the only city with this problem.
Why did someone leave a bag of rocks at my door step on Saint Patrick's Day?
Santa couldn't make it to your house last Christmas.
