San Patricio Each year, just after the conclusion of the February 14, many businesses are beginning to crowd the endless decorations to celebrate St. Patrick's Day (St. Patrick's Day) which falls on March 17. And many are quick to buy their own green decorations and a few of the same color clothing to wear that day, to be sure of receiving a painful pinch from a friend, relative or acquaintance.
However, most people in this country, is this unique tradition, does not knowing many facts and interesting things about it. For example, who was St. Patrick? Why clover is the symbol of this celebration? Why use the color green? and since when did this tradition originated in Ireland, is celebrated in America? Why the pinch?
Let us know who was San Patricio
yet known much of this character, even no one knows for sure whether it was Irish by birth, but most likely it was the son of a wealthy deacon Welsh born in the year 389 AD His real name appears to have been Maewyn Succat, but took that of Patrick when he was ordained as a priest. Considered the patron saint of the Catholic Church in Ireland, St. Patrick's history (his life) is confused between reality and fantasy. Legend has Maewyn was captured by Irish pirates when he was 16 years, from captivity six and worked as a slave on a farm herding sheep. He escaped and returned to his family. Soon was annoyed and leaving the comfort of his family, he went to France to study in monasteries of the continent. He was then ordained a bishop in France, returning years later to Ireland with the dream of turning this town Pagan Christianity.
The Clover
Tradition According to tradition, St. Patrick successfully explained to the King of Ireland, the doctrine of the Trinity. He did so by comparing a three-leaf clover (common in that region) and its stem. This is the Trinity, "he said three people, but the three are one God. Because of this history, there were many who took the three-leafed shamrock as a symbol of tradition in Ireland. From here one could also understand that green is the main color of this celebration.
but became so popular that teaching about the Holy Trinity, asking the children (and adults too) who sought a three-leaf clover and bring it to poderles explain the meaning of the Trinity. For those not brought it gave them a pinch of disobedient or foolish for not having found ... Over time, this was transformed and ended with "a pinch if not St. Patrick's Day and bring some green up", a tradition still preserved today.
Another legend has the Irish patron saint who drove the snakes from Ireland. It is said that all together, threw them in a box and tossed into the ocean. So there are no snakes in Ireland and so the legend says, because the ocean is so rough parts, since snakes are believed still moving in the box at the bottom of the sea.
Since when is celebrated in America? "Saint Patrick's Day" is a religious holiday and the anniversary of that in English is called San Patricio. This feast has been celebrated for hundreds of years in Ireland as a religious holiday. The city of Boston was the first to publicly celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the United States in 1737. Then followed Chicago and New York, which held its first St. Patrick's parade in 1762 and has become a tradition, not only for the city and known in Ireland but worldwide. The St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, Ireland is a celebration of many parades, concerts, dramas and outdoor entertainment and fireworks.
El Duende is another of the traditions concerning St. Patrick. LEPRECHAUN
is the name of the Irish leprechaun. He is stocky, older (a little over two feet tall), dressed like a shoemaker, with a hat and a leather apron. According to legend, the elves kept their distance and were innamigables (unfriendly), lived alone and spent all their time making shoes. They possessed a pot of gold but had closely guarded. Treasure hunters can often find a leprechaun by the sound of their hammers. If you grab it, "says the legend, he can be forced (with the threat that he will be beaten) to reveal the place where the pot of gold, but the captor must keep their eyes fixed on him at all times. If the catcher moves his eyes (because you often distracting to see this somewhere else), he disappears in a blink of an eye .... The legend says that you can find the leprechaun and his pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Although other legends and traditions about this legendary character, these are the most common, and whether or if not, remember that on Monday 17 March, you should wear or bring something green, otherwise you risk to receive a strong pinch, for being disobedient or foolish ....!
