Who here celebrates it? In what ways, and do you have any suggestions on things that we can do for this day?
I think I should make it my personal mission to make St David's Day (Wales) St George's Day (England) and St Andrew's Day (Scotland) as publicised as St Patrick - especially for those who don't like green!!!!
I usually make some soda bread, corned beef or ham and cabbage, and colcannon.
Excuse my ignorance, but what does it mean ' I make green pancakes for my daughter and she wears green so that she doesn't get pinched at school'.
Is green a type of protective colour to stop other children pinching her? Maybe if I wear green moskitos would no longer bit (pinch) me.
Excuse my ignorance, but what does it mean ' I make green pancakes for my daughter and she wears green so that she doesn't get pinched at school'.
Is green a type of protective colour to stop other children pinching her? Maybe if I wear green moskitos would no longer bit (pinch) me.
Here is what I found-
Pinching those not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day is an American tradition, having really nothing to do with Ireland or St. Patrick. It's thought that the pinching started in the early 1700s, about the time that awareness of St. Patrick's as a holiday came to the fore, too, in Boston, in the Massachusetts colony. They thought if you wore green, it made you invisible to the Leprechauns, which was good because they would pinch anyone they could see. So the pinching is to warn and remind you about the Leprechauns.