March 17 is the day of remembrance of the patron saint of Ireland, St. Patrick. Saint Patrick, according to legend, Christianized the pagan island and drove out all the snakes. According to one version, he died presumably in 493.
In honor of St. Patrick, a parade with songs and dances is held, Irish beer flows like a river. March 17 is a holiday not only for the Irish saint but also for the Irish soul.
This holiday has grown beyond national borders and has become a kind of international day for Ireland. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in different cities of the world - in New York, Buenos Aires, Melbourne. Flamboyant processions, parades and festivities of people dressed in green (the national color of Ireland) are visible everywhere the Irish live. A clover, a symbol of Ireland and good luck, is put into the buttonhole on this day.
With the help of a three-leaf clover, he explained to people the concept of the Holy Trinity. “Just as three leaves can grow from one stem, so God can be one in three persons” - this phrase of the saint has already become a textbook.
In Ireland, there is a tradition to attach a trefoil to clothes, symbolizing the cross, the color of Catholicism, and the symbolic color of the "emerald country" itself. Complicated is a church hymn, which tells that Saint Patrick, with the help of a shamrock, interrupted a pagan ritual that was performed in the village of Tara, the royal capital of Ireland at that time.
But St. Patrick's Day also has pagan motives. So, one of his indispensable heroes is leprechauns - fabulous shoemakers who own a hidden pot of gold. If a lucky treasure hunter catches a leprechaun, then this creature must tell the person where his treasures are hidden. However, if you suddenly catch a shoemaker, then remember that you should not completely believe him - these little men are malicious and can deceive a gullible treasure seeker.
I said leprechauns to have entered the celebration of St. Patrick's Day recently companies that sell postcards for this holiday needed a cute character to appear in their drawings. And the stern, albeit kind, preacher Saint Patrick was not quite suitable for this role. In the drawings, I usually dress leprechauns in a pointed hat and a leather apron.
Traditionally, St. Patrick's Day parades are held. On the street come people dressed in extravagant costumes, and brass bands that cannot do without the famous bagpipes. Popular supposedly, this tradition was born in Ireland. New York and Boston contested the palm. New Yorkers claim that the first parade took place in 1762 in their city. Then Ireland was under the rule of the British, and it is quite possible that the inhabitants of the rebellious North American colonies thus expressed their solidarity with them.
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