St. Patrick’s Day is just around the corner, and though most people, some Irish and some not, will be picking out their green attire, folks can also find plenty of green food and drinks and may actually save some green on the many sales retailers have planned or have already begun.
You can also green the home or garden by planting fruits, vegetables – such as cabbage – or trees and flowers.
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Though St. Patrick’s Day brings out the holiday spirit in many, the day also serves as a spiritual one for the Irish.
St. Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland in the fifth century, and eventually, the Irish decided to honor the saint with a “religious holiday,” according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
In the United States, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place March 17, 1762, in New York City, the Census Bureau reports. Since then, parades and St. Patrick’s Day celebrations have begun all over the country with some of the largest occurring in New York City and Savannah, Ga.
Have any Irish ancestors? In case you weren’t aware, Irish ranks as the second largest ethnic group U.S. citizens claim as their heritage, and in 2009, 36.9 million people – “more than eight times the population of Ireland itself” – claimed they had Irish ancestors, according to a Census Bureau American Community Survey.