Today is Wednesday March 17, 2010

Today is:

St. Patrick's Day

Today is the national holiday of Ireland, which celebrates the patron saint Patrick. At the age of sixteen, Saint Patrick was captured and sold into slavery to a sheep farmer. When he was 22, he escaped and spent the next twelve years of his life in a monastery. Saint Patrick later returned to Ireland where he spent the rest of his life preaching as a Christian missionary.

Today, St. Patrick's Day has turned into a worldwide celebration of Irish culture and history. In Ireland, people traditionally wear shamrocks on their jackets and caps and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair. In the United States, cities like Chicago and Indianapolis celebrate St. Patrick's Day by dyeing their rivers and canals green.

Did you know that for every 10,000 regular three-leafed clovers, there is only one lucky four-leafed clover? Whether you are of Irish decent or not, wear something green, attend a parade, and celebrate the luck o' the Irish today!

On this day in History:

On this day in 1756 - St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in New York City for the
first time. The event took place at the Crown and Thistle Tavern.


Quote of the Day:
Nothing is really work unless you would rather be doing something else.
- James M. Barrie