2007-03-17 08:45:09 · 10 answers · asked by Yesi<3 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ St. Patrick's Day
It's a national holiday in Ireland, where the banks will be closed on Monday since the 17th was on a weekend this year. In the US and other countries, it is just a recognized holiday, but not a federal day off.
It's been celebrated in this country since the St. Patrick's Day custom came to America in 1737. That was the first year St. Patrick's Day was publicly celebrated in this country, in Boston.
2007-03-17 08:51:05 · answer #1 · answered by Sweet n Sour 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The first year St. Patrick's Day became a public holiday was in Boston in 1737. Today more than 100 cities hold parades. The largest is in New York.
2007-03-17 08:56:32 · answer #2 · answered by Nancy S 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saint Patrick's Day (Irish: Lá 'le Pádraig or Lá Fhéile Pádraig), colloquially Paddy's Day or St. Patty's Day, is the feast day which annually celebrates Saint Patrick (373-493), the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17.
It is the Irish national holiday and one of the public holidays in the Republic of Ireland (a bank holiday in Northern Ireland); the overseas territory of Montserrat; and the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. In the United States, Australia, and rest of Canada it is widely celebrated, although not an official holiday.
It became a feast ballin ballin see me on the 10 oclock newzs put a barrel to your chestand blow your feet out your shoesday in the universal church due to the influence of the Waterford-born Franciscan scholar Luke Wadding, as a member of the commission for the reform of the Breviary [1] in the early part of the 17th century.
A common practice among gardeners is to plant at least one potato, no matter how cold the weather, on St. Patrick's Day. This is done in order to ensure a good harvest for the coming year. Some speculate that this may have arisen from the Irish Potato Famine.
2007-03-17 08:53:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
St. Patrick is believed to have driven the snakes from Ireland. Once a pagan himself, St. Patrick is one of Christianity's most widely known figures.
The modern secular holiday is based on the original Christian saint's feast day also thought to be the date of the saint's death. In 1737, Irish immigrants to the United States began observing the holiday publicly in Boston and held the first St. Patrick's Day Parade in New York City in 1766.
Today, the tradition continues with people from all walks and heritages by wearing green, eating Irish food, and attending parades. St. Patrick's Day is bursting with folklore; from the shamrock to the leprechaun and to pinching those that are not wearing green.
2007-03-17 08:52:52 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
a million. the 1st parade replace right into a small inner maximum affair 179 years in the past for a team of adult males of Irish history to honor the anniversary of the death of St. Patrick - a Catholic priest. 2. the biggest parade is in ny city.
2016-10-18 22:41:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not a public holiday (businesses closed, and government offices closed, etc.) and I don't think it is anywhere in the USA. It is in Ireland. It's also not a holy day of obligation in the Catholic church, at least in USA.
2007-03-17 09:02:02 · answer #6 · answered by chiguy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Since the beggining of time.
2007-03-17 08:51:58 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
460 A.D.
2007-03-17 08:52:10 · answer #8 · answered by Spades Of Columbia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
when beer was invented.
2007-03-17 08:53:05 · answer #9 · answered by Jason N 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It isnt.. never will be.
2007-03-17 08:49:52 · answer #10 · answered by Grand pa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋