March 17 marks the death of Catholic missionary Patrick. He was largely believed to be the patron converting the Irish to Christianity in the 15th century AD.
Catholic believers in Ireland go to church on March 17, a day known as the Holy Day of Obligation. After the church service, the celebration continues as family gathers for feast meals and barbecue, as they break the Lent fast.
For other revelers around the world, though, the festival is more of a carnival, with street parades, people don in green costumes and shamrocks, and happily dancing away in traditional Gaelic folk dancing.
Irish whiskey, Guinness, and even beer, dyed in green has become a part of the festival. The Irish custom of "drowning the sorrel" refers to drinking a glass of wine with four-leaf sorrel at the bottom, and throwing its stem over a person's shoulder to bless the person with good luck. Typical traditional St. Patrick's Day foods include corned beef, pickled cabbage, potatoes, and shepherd's pies.
History has it that blue was once the color associated with St. Patrick's Day, however, it was subsequently replaced by green as the celebration's signature color, for a number of reasons. Ireland is known for its emerald island, and usually a green sorrel is pinned to the collar on St Patrick's Day.
The most likely origin of the tradition of green clothing, though, is the popular Irish street ballad "Wear in Green" mourning the suppression of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, a religious conflict between local Irish Catholics and a Protestant minority dependent on the British government.
The three colors of the Irish flag - green, white and orange - are also worn on St Patrick's Day as they commensurate the reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. White symbolizes peace and is placed between green and orange, green being associated with Irish Catholics and orange being associated with Protestants.
On St. Patrick’s Day, grand street parades and celebrations are taking place around the world, especially in countries with more Irish immigrants such as the UK, USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and parts of China and Japan, as well as the Caribbean island.
In the US, it is believed that approximately 12% of the population has Irish roots, big scale parades celebration takes place for tourist attraction.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston was in 1737, after New York in 1762. Today, many American cities light up in green for the holiday. Chicago followed an annual tradition of turning the river green, and the White House dyed the fountains on the North Lawn green.
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Catholic believers in Ireland go to church on March 17, a day known as the Holy Day of Obligation. After the church service, the celebration continues as family gathers for feast meals and barbecue, as they break the Lent fast.
For other revelers around the world, though, the festival is more of a carnival, with street parades, people don in green costumes and shamrocks, and happily dancing away in traditional Gaelic folk dancing.
Irish whiskey, Guinness, and even beer, dyed in green has become a part of the festival. The Irish custom of "drowning the sorrel" refers to drinking a glass of wine with four-leaf sorrel at the bottom, and throwing its stem over a person's shoulder to bless the person with good luck. Typical traditional St. Patrick's Day foods include corned beef, pickled cabbage, potatoes, and shepherd's pies.
History has it that blue was once the color associated with St. Patrick's Day, however, it was subsequently replaced by green as the celebration's signature color, for a number of reasons. Ireland is known for its emerald island, and usually a green sorrel is pinned to the collar on St Patrick's Day.
The most likely origin of the tradition of green clothing, though, is the popular Irish street ballad "Wear in Green" mourning the suppression of the Irish Rebellion in 1798, a religious conflict between local Irish Catholics and a Protestant minority dependent on the British government.
The three colors of the Irish flag - green, white and orange - are also worn on St Patrick's Day as they commensurate the reconciliation between Catholics and Protestants in Ireland. White symbolizes peace and is placed between green and orange, green being associated with Irish Catholics and orange being associated with Protestants.
On St. Patrick’s Day, grand street parades and celebrations are taking place around the world, especially in countries with more Irish immigrants such as the UK, USA, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, Australia, New Zealand and parts of China and Japan, as well as the Caribbean island.
In the US, it is believed that approximately 12% of the population has Irish roots, big scale parades celebration takes place for tourist attraction.
The first St. Patrick's Day parade in Boston was in 1737, after New York in 1762. Today, many American cities light up in green for the holiday. Chicago followed an annual tradition of turning the river green, and the White House dyed the fountains on the North Lawn green.
Happy St. Patrick’s Day ecards app contains a collection of sweet and beautiful e-cards. It has a gallery of ecard, and a separate gallery of gif ecards for easy navigation. The images are thoughtfully designed, so are the greetings and wishes messages on the cards. It is simple and easy to install the app. Users only requires a few taps on the screen, and a Happy St. Patrick’s Day greetings card is ready to be shared out via social media.
This Happy St. Patrick’s Day ecards app is free to download. It has no in app purchases whatsoever. We thank you in advance for your time and your support to install this ecards app.
.
Images attribution:
1. Images sourced from pixabay.com under Free to Use license at https://pixabay.com/service/license/
2. www.canva.com
*Disclaimer:
No copyright infringement is intended, and any request to remove one of the images will be honored.
Please email us at myavps@gmail.com
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