St. Patrick’s Day
[one_half_first]”May your troubles be less
and your blessings me more
And nothing but happiness
come through your door” ~Irish Blessing[/one_half_first][one_half_last]”May you be half an hour
in heaven before the devil
knows your dead”
~Irish Blessing[/one_half_last]
Did you know…
That, and according to Irish Central, blue was the color most often associated with St. Patrick and that green was considered unlucky? St. Patrick’s color was “Saint Patrick’s blue,” a light shade and for many centuries that was considered symbolic of Ireland. The color green only became associated with the big day after it was linked to the Irish independence movement in the late 18th century.