Raise your green glass today and celebrate the feast of St. Patrick, patron saint of Ireland.
Some fun facts:
• St. Patrick was born in Britian, not Ireland.
• St. Patrick used the three-leaf clover – or “Shamrock” – to explain the Holy Trinity to the Irish people.
• One estimate suggests that there are about 10, 000 regular three-leaf clovers for every lucky four-leaf clover.
• According to the Guinness Book of World Records, the highest number of leaves on a clover is 18!
• In 2008, the same man who discovered an 18-leaf clover found a 21-leaf clover!
• Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.
• The city of Chicago puts dye in the Chicago River to turn it green for a few hours today.
• Translated from Gaelic, "pogue mahone" means "kiss my arse". So, music from The Pogues and The Mahones, it is!
The Pogues - Rum Sodomy & The Lash - Dirty Old TownThe Pogues – Dirty Old Town (1985)
The Mahones - Draggin' the Days - Across the U.S.A.The Mahones – Across The U.S.A. (1994)
Thin Lizzy - Vagabonds of the Western World - Whisky in the Jar (Full Length Version)A couple of classics from some killer Irish bands:
Thin Lizzy – Whiskey in The Jar (1973)
The Boomtown Rats - Best of the Boomtown Rats - Rat TrapThe Boomtown Rats – Rat Trap (1978)
