And why are the Irish associated with a lot of drinking?
2007-03-10 03:37:14 · 5 answers · asked by Pdawg 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Beer, Wine & Spirits
The custom of imbibing alcohol on St. Patrick's Day comes from an old Irish legend. As the story goes, St. Patrick was served a measure of whiskey that was considerably less than full. St. Patrick took this as an opportunity to teach a lesson of generosity to the innkeeper. He told the innkeeper that in his cellar resided a monstrous devil who fed on the dishonesty of the innkeeper. In order to banish the devil, the man must change his ways. When St. Patrick returned to the hostelry some time later, he found the owner generously filling the patrons' glasses to overflowing. He returned to the cellar with the innkeeper and found the devil emaciated from the landlord's generosity, and promptly banished the demon, proclaiming thereafter everyone should have a drop of the "hard stuff" on his feast day. This custom is known as Pota Phadraig or Patrick's Pot.
The custom is known as "drowning the shamrock" because it is customary to float a leaf of the plant in the whiskey before downing the shot.
2007-03-10 03:41:15 · answer #1 · answered by Tom ツ 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Was it because they were hard workers & got loaded every day after work They get really loaded on St Patricks Day
2007-03-10 13:24:03 · answer #2 · answered by hobo 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Negative stereotype - which allot of sell-out 2nd and 3rd generation americans of irish descent have embraced like fools.
2007-03-10 11:41:49 · answer #3 · answered by pavano_carl 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It is an Irish-American holiday....that says it all. They love to drink.
(yes, the holiday started in the good ol' U.S. of A.)
2007-03-10 11:40:05 · answer #4 · answered by gg 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
hint>hint>>>>>>>>>>>>> it's the red face!!!! lol
j/k
The Holiday started in US , so I guess that The Irish in US needed an extra day and excuse to get drunk, oh yeaaaahhh!!!
2007-03-10 11:40:49 · answer #5 · answered by DOC Holliday 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋