#8 - St. Patrick's Day | March 17, 2020

March 17, 2020 - 10 Facts About St. Patrick’s day

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Today is St. Patrick’s day. Here are 10 Lucky Facts About St. Patrick’s Day that you didn’t know, that you didn’t need to know:

1. St Patrick’s Color is actually blue
2. His real name isn’t Patrick. It’s Maewyn Succat
3. Clovers are 1 in 5,000
4. It used to be a “dry holiday” in Ireland from 1903-1970
5. The shortest St. Patrick’s Day Parade is 98 feet. It’s in Hot Springs, AR.
6. More Irish People in the US than Ireland. 33 million in America & 5.1 million in Ireland 
7. St. Patrick wasn’t Irish. He came from a wealthy British family. 
8. St. Patrick didn’t rid Ireland of snakes. Ireland never had snakes. it’s too cold.  
9. There are no female leprechauns
10. Chicago’s dyes its river green for St. Paddy’s day. They’ve done this since 1962.