Four Leaf Clover
How’s she cuttin’? It’s a beautiful Thursday perfect for honoring my Irish heritage and celebrating the upcoming holiday, St. Patrick’s Day. Pour yourself an Irish Whiskey and join me in finding the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Turning Pennies into Gold
St. Patrick’s Day, March 17th, was born out of Ireland in the mid-1600s. Hiding skeletons within it’s closet, St. Patrick’s Day bears a deeper meaning to the Irish outside of the green beers and four leaf clovers.
Saint Patrick was born in Britain in the 5th century. At the age of sixteen, he was kidnapped and enslaved by Irish raiders. Saved by his devotion to religion, St. Patrick converted to Irish Christianity and dedicated his life as a Christian missionary. He spread the word of God throughout Ireland and grew as more than a man, but as a legendary figure.
Irish folklore tells the tales of Saint Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland into the sea to meet their death, raising the dead, and even providing a pack of swine overnight to sailors in the middle the sea to cease their starvation.
The most popular of Irish symbols, the shamrock, can be attributed to Saint Patrick. He believed the clover’s three leaves connected by one stem represent the Holy Trinity: the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
To honor and celebrate Saint Patrick, the church created Feast Day, now formally known as St. Patrick’s Day. Raise a fork for the corned beef and cabbage!
Magically Delicious
In the depths of the evergreen forest, a bramble of twigs and berries gather. To one’s eye, they are nothing more than that, a bramble. If you look closer, you can see they make up a misshapen house with an acute roof and creaky floors. If you look a little closer, you can see a pot of peppermint tea on the stove beginning to boil, a stack of shiny gold coins resting on a undersized bench, and a pointy eared creature shining his worn out leather black shoes.
Be wary of this bramble of twigs and berries, for it is home to the small yet mischievous leprechaun. Known to hide pots of gold at the end of a rainbow, the leprechaun is never to be trusted. Their fairy magic might be alluring, but they are no friend of ours. Leprechauns have the ability to curse their foes, wield weapons, and are known for their trickery. If you are lucky enough to catch one, be wary for they will grant you one wish and test your greed.
Leprechauns are elderly shoe makers who love to dance, short creatures with an insatiable appetite for gold and treasure, and prefer to live alone in the solitude of the forest. Do you know where one might be hiding?
A rare photo of the mysterious leprechaun taken on St. Patrick’s Day.
Thank you for stopping by this pub to learn a little bit about St. Patty’s Day! I hope you have the luck of the Irish today and always be wary for you never know when you’ll cross paths with a leprechaun.
Cheers,
The Daily Paige
