The Holiday

• St.Patrick wasn't Irish, he was English.
• He was kidnapped at the age of 16 and taken to Ireland as a slave
• In the Irish flag, green stands for catholics, orange is for protestants and white symbolizes the wish for harmony.
• It takes 40 LBs. of dye to dye the Chicago River green.
• About 13 million pints of Guinness is consumed world wide on St.Patrick's Day
• Blue was the color associated with St.Patrick's Day until 1798 when they made the official color green
• The first St.Paddy's Day celebrated in the U.S. was held in Boston in 1737
• There is a one in 10,000 chance in finding a four leaf clover on St.Patrick's Day