On March 17, 461 A.D., Saint Patrick, Christian missionary, bishop and apostle of Ireland, died at Saul, Downpatrick, Ireland, where he had built his first church.
According to legend, they spend all their time making and mending shoes, then stashing all their earnings in a hidden pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Dyeing the Chicago River green has been a St. Patrick's Day tradition since 1962. (It takes 40 tons of dye to get the river to a suitably festive shade!)
About 13 million pints of Guinness are consumed each year on March 17.
Many claim the shamrock represents faith, hope, and love, or any number of other things but it was actually used by Patrick to teach the mystery of the Holy Trinity.
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