Town Crier March 26, 2010

Vol 9 Issue 11

HEADLINES

Updated: March 26, 2010

Luck of the Irish

By Devin DeGroot
Staff Writer

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17, as the day St. Patrick died and the day of his religious feast. The Irish have been celebrating this religious holiday for over a thousand years. On St. Patrick’s Day which falls during the Christian season of Lent, the Irish traditionally go to church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. The Irish feast on the traditional Irish meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.

The shamrock is a symbol associated with St. Patrick’s Day. The Celts call it the seamroy. The seamroy is a sacred plant meaning the rebirth of spring. Another symbol of St. Patrick’s Day is the Leprechaun. The Irish name for these figures is Lobaircin, meaning small bodied fellow. The belief in the Leprechaun comes from the Celtic stories about fairies. In Celtic folktales the Leprechauns were the ones that would fix the fairies’s shoes. Leprechauns were known for the trickery that they used to protect their golden treasure. The United States has generated many traditions for St. Patrick’s Day. In Chicago the river is dyed green to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. There are also many parades around the country to celebrate the day.

No matter if you’re Irish or not, put on your best green attire, belly up to the table for some Irish bacon and cabbage, and be looking out for your pot of gold. Just make sure the Leprechaun doesn’t get you first. http://www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day

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