Ok. If you want to find a four leaf clover look in a clover patch. They are usually by white weeds or flowers as some people call them. They don't have the heart-shaped leaves. They have the single leaf. They are usually the tallest clover. Make sure that another clover isn't underneath it just in case one of it's leaves are sticking out to make it look like a four leaf clover. Be sure to tape it or else it will shrivel up. If it does stick it in a big book for an hour or more. Then tape it to a piece of paper. Good Luck!
Ireland and Éire are official names and it is also known as the Republic of Ireland, although that is not an official name, but just a reference to the country, often used to distinguish it from Northern Ireland.
Not to kiss the stone, but you might want to buy a photograph of you doing it. Kissing the stone is hard work , by the way. You need to be fit.
Only a few days after it's been unplug. You could dry it and make it last, but they usually fall apart.
My guess would be it's a insider-phrase of getting drunk, or "wetting the pipes."
The meaning of "drowning the shamrock" is from years past in Ireland.
The Shamrock was worn to show unity and to show the Trinity. As the men worn their shamrock on their left breast of their chest they would celebrate St. Patrick's day most times in the local pub.
Now here is where drowning the shamrock gets it's meaning.The very last drink of the night the guys would place their shamrock into the drink that they would have and since it was in the drink it was called; drowning the shamrock.
I had heard this from my Grandmother when I was younger.
We here in Canada celebrate, some of us get carried away.
AnswerWe do here in the UK, which is Wales, England, Northern Ireland & Scotland....so you can add those to your collection! AnswerIt is also widely celebrated here in the United States, given our large population of Irish descendants.I believe the largest parade is in Chicago. They Chicago River is even turned green for the day. Ginny
Because Leprechauns and the rest are real and the Irish are smart.
Ireland's flag is orange, white and green. Southern Ireland's "theme" colour is green but northern Ireland's colour is orange. Irish Catholics were considered "Green", Irish Protestants were considered "Orange". Wearing Green on St. Patricks day is effectively declaring yourself to be in support of Irish Catholics. Many in Ireland consider people in the U.S. to be incredibly naive to take sides and not know that they have offended all of the Irish Protestants when we make a big show of wearing green on St. Patricks day.
there are 10,000 3 leaf clovers for every 4 leaf colver
Kissing the blarney stone gives you the "gift of the gab". You'll supposedly be very talkative, and spreading "blarney" (or BS). The tradition of kissing the Blarney Stone is said to bestow eloquence on the kisser. To be able to kiss the stone you have to dangle yourself from a position from which, if you fell, you would meet your demise. http://www.sacredsites.com/europe/ireland/blarney_stone.html
To preserve a clover, flower, seed, or almost anything biotic or abiotic, simply use this easy trick:
1) Pick whatever you want to preserve (clover for example).
2) Moisten a paper towel.
3) Wrap the clover in the moist/damp paper towel.
4) Put it in the refrigerator.
Remember: nothing lasts forever but it will last awhile.
St. Patrick used the three-leaf clover to illustrate the Holy Trinity, the triune God of Christian theology. It is an imperfect analogy, as all analogies are, but a strong symbol to those of the Christian faith, due to it's shape and wide spread occurrence around the globe.
"Beannachtaí Lá Fheile Padraig Duit" lá fheile Padraig shona duit
Well, they are really rare, and they are filled with good luck :)
the term originates from many centuries ago when an Irishman by the name of Times Shermend was out in the vally and drank so much whiskey that he ended up stumbling off a huge cliff and landed in a huge patch of clovers that saved his life. This explains why Irishmen love the clover
I'm not sure what the origin of the term is but it's not this stupid answer.
Because Irish people like green and they have something to do with good luck and so one day a man found a four leaf clover ( he was an Irish man ) and he showed the whole town and that became their tradition.
Traditional food on saint patricks day is cabbage with either ham or bacon and , of course, beer.
The Celts called their idea of heaven "Green Erin" a nickname eventually given to Ireland. Green is the symbolic color of St. Patrick's Day because of his ministry as the 2nd Bishop to Ireland, also known as the "Emerald Isle" due to the lush ground cover of clover over the entire country, and because of Patrick's creation of the Order of the Green martyrs-those who were missionaries to Ireland, Scotland, Wales and Briton. St. Patrick was also known for being the first to use the Irish 3 leaf clover, also called the Shamrock, or Tri-foil, as an illustration of the doctrine of the Trinity. More information: The Irish don't wear green as such. The colour is used on flags, banners, team colours etc. traditional colour - first Irish flag, represents St. Patrick etc. It seems to be more of a stereo type. In films etc
PROBABLY 1 IN 900,000,000,000,000,000,09.29729572849 BIG RIGHT? - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
It's not just Irish. It's actually pretty universal. For example, France use it as their national lottery logo.
Five miles north west of the small city of Cork is the village of Blarney - its name being derived from the Irish An blarna meaning 'the plain'. Near the village, standing almost 90 feet in height, is the solidly built castle of Blarney. Cormac MacCarthy erected the present castle, the third constructed at the site, in 1446. Built on a rock, above several caves, the tower originally had three storeys. On the top storey, just below the battlements on the parapet, is the world famous Blarney Stone, said to give the gift of eloquence to all who kiss it. Kissing the stone is for some people a difficult physical feat. In past times, to kiss the Stone people were hung by their heels over the edge of the parapet. One day a pilgrim broke from the grasp of his friends and went hurtling downward to certain death. Since that time the stone has been kissed by another method. First, you sit with your back towards the stone and then someone sits upon your legs or firmly holds your feet. Next, leaning far back and downward into the abyss while grasping the iron rails, you pull yourself up until you can kiss the underside of the overhanging stone.
They dont know for sure where its from but the local story has always been that it was a gift from the scottish in thanks for MacCarthy/desmond support in the battle of bannuckburn (wrong spelling) against the english. The Stone is said to be part of the stone of scon on which scottish kings were traditionally inaugriated.
Supposedly, if you kiss the Blarney Stone, you will have the gift of eloquence and persuasion (the gift of gab).