St. Patrick's Day Facts (Again, they're useless. But who cares?!)

loonylovegood13 · #1 (**permalink**) 03-16-2008, 08:37 PM

I probably posted this a bit late. I shoulda posted it earlier so ya'll coulda shared them....tomorrow? It's tomorrow, right? Whatever, here we go!

-St. Patrick was actually of Scottish descent, not Irish, and contrary to popular folklore he never chased any snakes out of Ireland.
-Green is associated with St. Patrick's Day because it is the color of Spring.
-The city with the largest population of Americans of Irish descent is Boston (23%).
-It is considered lucky to find a four leaf clover on St. Patrick's Day.
-At one time, there were more Irish living in New York City, than in Dublin, Ireland. (How does that work??)
-Corned beef is strictly an American invention, the Irish don't actually eat it to celebrate the day.
-Leprechauns are the official shoe makers of the fairy kingdom. (Ha)
-Over 8 million St. Patrick's Day cards are exchanged in America making today the ninth-largest card selling occasion in the US. (People give cards on St. Patrick's Day??)
-Over 94 million people plan to wear green on St. Patrick's Day.

I need to go find something green to wear tomorrow. It's a dress-down day! (In case you don't know, I wear a uniform.)

lilytheyellowluver · #2 (**permalink**) 03-17-2008, 09:02 PM

those are neat loony thanks!! i liked the new york, dublin, thing..............

a thing you probably don't know about me is that i irish dance. and today was CRAZY!! my legs are aching.... but i love putting on a good show!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

catcarl · #3 (**permalink**) 03-18-2008, 01:35 AM

I want to learn that kind of dance! I'm only an eight Irish and I didn't wear green, so my mum kept pinching me all day because when I changed, I still didn't have green on. I didn't think alot of poeple gave out cards until my mum made some the other day. She likes making lots of cards and scrap book pages.