Happy St. Patrick's Day

Fun St. Patrick's Day Facts

• 19 US presidents have claimed Irish Heritage.



• Corned beef is completely an American invention, but very popular Irish- Americans nonetheless.



• Seattle paints a green stripe on roads on St. Patrick's day



• For St. Patrick's day every year, Chicago dyes its river green every year to celebrate.



• The three leaf clover was used to teach the Holy Trinity to pre-Christian Ireland.



• Legend has it that St. Patrick chased all the snakes out of Ireland.



• St. Patrick was born in Scotland, but spent 40 years teaching Christianity in Ireland.



• Irish immigrants living in New York actually outnumbered the Irish people in Dublin, Ireland at one time.



• The first St. Patrick's day parades were not in Ireland but in Boston (1737) and New York (1762).



• Leprechauns are the official shoemaker to the fairy kingdom.

And finally, Happy St. Patrick's day to all my bloggerland friends.