Who was St. Patrick?
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May you always have...
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Saint Patrick's Day Is held on March
17th.
This is an Irish holiday honoring
Saint Patrick, a missionary who was credited with converting the Irish
to Christianity.
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I'm looking for a four leaf clover
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Some Good Luck tips for St.
Pattys Day !
* Finding a four leaf
clover
* Wear GREEN if you
don't want to be pinched !
* Kiss the Blarney
Stone
Definitions that might help you understand what
St. Patrick's Day is all about!
The color green- Its the color of spring, Ireland and the shamrock
Leprechaun- An Irish fairy. The name Leprechaun is derived from the Irish word "Luchorpan" which means "little body". A Leprechaun is a fairy who takes the appearance of a little old man. The Leprechauns are solitary creatures and spend their time making shoes and brogues. If you hear the sound of their hammer when they are at work, you know you have found them. If caught, they can be forced to reveal the wheareabouts of their treasure, but the captor must keep their eyes on them every second. If the captor's eyes leave the Leprechaun, just for one moment he will vanish!
The Blarney Stone- This is a stone set in the wall of the Blarney Castle Tower in the Irish village of Blarney. Kissing the stone is supposed to bring the kisser a gift of persuasive eloquence (blarney). The orgins of the Blarney stone's magical properties aren't clear, but one legend says that an old woman cast a spell on the stone to reward a king who had saved her from drownding. Kissing the stone while under the spell gave the king the ability to speak sweetly and convincingly.
Shamrock- a member of the clover family, this was used by Patrick to explain the mystery of the trinity, the three leaves of the shamrock representing the trinity (the Father, Son and Holy Ghost). According to the Irish legend, Irelands patron saint choose the shamrock as a symbol of trinity of the christian church. To this day the shamrock remains the national emblem of Ireland and is worn proudly by Irish people the world over on St. Patricks Day ( March 17th)
Legend has it that St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland (they all went to sea and drowned). Poor snakes ! I don't know why he would want to do this, except that the snake was a revered a pagan symbol, and perhaps this was a figurative tale alluding to the fact that he drove paganism out of Ireland.
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