So, every year, my mom makes corned beef and cabbage (not particularly appetizing, though my mother is a fabulous cook) and sometimes she makes green cake. We're Irish, if ya couldn't tell. [I love the Irish, but they need to come up with some tastier signature dishes. Potatoes are pretty awesome, though.] We cranked up the Irish music this year as we ate, and my mom's corned beef was the best yet.
Anyway, here's a bit about our beloved St. Patty:
Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland (and therefore is awesome). He was captured and taken from Wales to Ireland as a slave. He chilled there for 6 years and then escaped (awesomely) and returned to his fam. He returned to Ireland later as a missionary. He drove out some snakes, stuck a stick in the ground, and taught the Irish all about the Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost) using a shamrock as a visual aid.
I'm not sure where pinching and leprechauns come into all of this....
Some more official-sounding stuff from Wikipedia:
"Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island, though all evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes;[39] one suggestion is that snakes referred to the serpent symbolism of the Druids of that time and place, as shown for instance on coins minted in Gaul (see Carnutes), or that it could have referred to beliefs such as Pelagianism, symbolized as “serpents”.[citation needed][when?] Legend also credits Patrick with teaching the Irish about the concept of the Trinity by showing people the shamrock, a 3-leaved clover, using it to highlight the Christian belief of 'three divine persons in the one God' (as opposed to the Arian belief that was popular in Patrick's time)."So there ya go. Be like good ol' Saint Pat and chase some snakes! Maybe you too can one day become a saint!
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