Patrick wore blue, not green: More myths, facts about St. Paddy’s Day

But in accordance with specialists, the true St. Patrick did not even put on inexperienced.

The earliest photos of Eire’s patron saint present him sporting a darkish blue, just like the colour of the previous Irish flag.

And St. Patrick is not even Irish! He was born within the 12 months 387 at Kilpatrick in Scotland. As a young person, he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and enslaved as a shepherd for a number of years. He attributed his means to persevere to his religion in God.

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Legend has it, Patrick drove the snakes from Eire — however the island by no means had snakes.

Even the American notion of leprechauns is not fairly proper. The Irish fairies of previous Gaelic custom had been the scale of regular, nonmagical individuals.

Do not get caught calling the March 17 vacation by the flawed title. It is Completely happy St. Patrick’s Day, Completely happy St. Paddy’s Day, Lá fhéile Pádraig sona duit, and even Completely happy St. Pat’s Day at a push — however Completely happy St. Patty’s Day it’s not.

“Paddy is derived from the Irish, Pádraig, therefore these mysterious, emerald double-Ds,” Marcus Campbell, creator of PaddyNotPatty.com, wrote on his web site. “Patty is the diminutive of Patricia, or a burger, and simply not one thing you name a fella (a person). There’s not a sinner in Eire that will name a Patrick, ‘Patty.’”

For these within the U.S. who wish to have a good time correctly — maybe with a pint or two — use the Irish toast “sláinte,” which interprets to “good well being” from Gaelic.