March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, honoring the patron saint of Ireland.
But did you know that there is a patron saint of MAGIC?
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A shamrock (three-leaf clover) is the traditional symbol of Saint Patrick’s Day. The
history behind this symbol is that St. Patrick chose the clover to depict the Holy Trinity. Just like the four-leaf clover, the shamrock also grants the possessor with good luck.
Finding a pot of gold is believed to grant the individual success and wealth.
The legend is that leprechauns hide a pot of gold at the end of every rainbow.
A rabbit’s foot is the most unusual of the St. Patrick's Day lucky charms.
The Celts regarded the rabbit’s foot as lucky because
rabbits usually live underground. So they were believed to be in constant contact with the spirits of the underworld and therefore have a protective power.
Green is traditionally the color we associate with St. Patrick’s Day.
However,
originally the color blue was worn on St. Patrick’s Day.
Green was not widely adopted until the 18th-century, when the shamrock became the Irish national symbol.
Green is also the color that leprechauns wear in fairy
tales!
If you don't wear green on St. Patrick’s Day, you may get pinched.
Leprechauns apparently like to pinch anyone they can see.
Wearing green makes you invisible to the Leprechauns,
and thus protects you from getting pinched!
A crystal bowl of shamrocks is given by the President of Ireland to the President of the United States each St. Patrick’s Day.
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In legend, a Leprechaun's pot of gold contains 1,000 gold coins.
If every coin weighs one ounce, in today's market
the value of
the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow is $2.18 million!
