However you view St. Patrick's Day as a holy day of obligation, a celebration of Irish culture, or an excuse to imbibe a green pint of beer millions across the globe will observe the holiday on March 17th. But other than "drowning the shamrock" and getting pinched for not wearing green, what do we really know about the holiday?
However you view St. Patrick's Day as a holy day of obligation, a celebration of Irish culture, or an excuse to imbibe a green pint of beer millions across the globe will observe the holiday on March 17th. But other than "drowning the shamrock" and getting pinched for not wearing green, what do we really know about the holiday?
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