St. Patrick’s Day is a fun holiday that many of us enjoy. But how well do we *really* know the holiday? Check out these 20 fun facts for this lucky holiday.
- There are three pipes in a traditional Irish bagpipe
- The odds of finding a four-leaf clover are one in 10,000
- Another name for St. Patrick’s Day is The Feast of Saint Patrick
- Leprechauns are protected under European law
- 14 million pints of Guinness are consumed on St. Patrick’s Day each year
- The real St. Patrick was born in Britain
- Another term used for Ireland is “The Emerald Isle”
- Legend says that each leaf on the four-leaf color has a meaning: Hope, Faith, Love, and Luck
- The Chicago river was first dyed Kelly green in 1962
- According to Folklore, the best time to sneak up on a leprechaun is when they are mending their shoes
- The original color of St. Patrick’s Day was blue
- From 1927 to 1961, the one place in Ireland that legally allowed drinking on St. Patrick’s Day was the RDS Dog Show
- The first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in America, in New York City in 1762
- There are no female leprechauns
- “Erin Go Bragh” means “Ireland Forever”
- The world’s shortest St. Patrick’s Day parade is in an Irish village
- According to Irish lore, St. Patrick drove out all of the snakes out of Ireland
- Leprechauns earn their gold by making and mending shoes
- St. Patrick used the shamrock as a metaphor for the Holy Trinity when introducing Christianity to Ireland
- The New York City St. Patrick’s Day parade lasts for over five hours
