Even The Queen Is Irish On St. Patricks Day

Queen Of England Is Irish

The Queen of England stepped out to celebrate St. Patrick's Day with a ceremonial appearance at Buckingham Palace wearing an Irish green dress designed by Irish clothing designers.

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Getting Pinched On St. Patrick's Day

Getting Pinched On St. Patricks Day

In the United States, wearing green on St. Patrick's day pays tribute to the Emerald Isle, (Ireland) and it’s good people but also so you don’t get pinched. That’s right. Pinched! If you forget or choose not to wear green on St. Patrick’s day, your friends have the right to pinch you for not wearing green. Usually the pinching occurs on the back side but other area's of the body is acceptable as well.

There you have it, the reason for Wearin O The Green.

HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY

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St. Patricks Day Knitting Fail

Irish Knitting Fail

I asked my grandmother to knit me a green sweater for St. Patrick's Day. After two weeks, Grandma sends me this with a note, "I hope it Fits."
At least now I can go and rob the ATM without being recognized.

 

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Wearing Of The Green On St. Patricks Day

Wearing Green On St. Pats Day

Megan Fox, film star and sexy siren, "Wearing of the green" for St. Patrick's day. Megan's new movie "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" is due out later this year.

Dear Curator: I have heard the expression, Wearing of the green for St. Patrick's day and wondered what it meant.

A very good question indeed. (Attention, all eyes down here instead of on Megan Fox. You can go back and look once you finish reading) There are a few explanations that I will endeavor to answer. First, in Ireland, the color green wasn't normally worn by the people for fear of being taken by the Good People, also known as, the fairies. The fairies loved the color green and if your children wore to much green, they stood the chance of being stolen. Seriously! I'm not kidding you. That was a long ago superstition. Today in Ireland, not so much.

In the United States, wearing green on St. Pat's pays tribute to the Emerald Isle, (Ireland) and it's people and also so you don't get pinched. That's right. If you forget or choose not to wear green on St. Patrick's day, your friends have the right to pinch you for not wearing green.

There you have it, the reason for Wearin O The Green.

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

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