Post on 13-Mar-2016
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“Dedicated to the Irish & Irish at Heart all around the World St. Patrick's Day”
“St. Patrick's Day is a yearly holiday celebrated on 17 March by the Irish and Irish at Heart in big cities and small towns alike with parades, "wearing of the green," music and songs, Irish food and drink, and activities for kids such as crafts, coloring and games. It’s a time for fun. The event is named after Saint Patrick, the most commonly recognized of the patron saints of Ireland. The History of St. Patrick's Day”
“The factual information about Saint Patrick’s life and times is quite vague. He was born in Roman Britain in the fifth century, into a wealthy Romano-British family. Saint Patrick’s father was a deacon in the Church. At the age of sixteen he was kidnapped by Irish raiders and taken captive to Ireland as a slave. After six years of slavery he escaped to the Irish coast and fled home to Britain. Upon returning, he quickly joined the Church in Auxerre in Gaul and studied to be a priest.”
“In 432, he decided to return to Ireland after dreaming that the voices of the Irish people were calling him, though as a bishop, to save the Irish. Irish folklore tells that one of his teaching methods included using the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity (the father, the son, and the Holy Spirit) to the Irish people. After nearly thirty years of teaching and spreading God's word he died on March 17, which is the day St. Patrick's Day is celebrated each year.”
“Wearing of green Originally the color associated with Saint Patrick was blue however over the years the color green and its association with Saint Patrick's day grew. Green ribbons and shamrocks were worn in celebration of St Patrick's Day as early as the 17th century. He is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish, and the wearing and display of shamrocks and shamrock-inspired designs have become a ubiquitous feature of the day.”
“In Ireland on St. Patrick’s Day, people traditionally wear a small bunch of shamrocks on their jackets or caps. Children wear orange, white and green badges, and women and girls wear green ribbons in their hair.”
“The Chicago River is dyed green each year for the St. Patrick's Day celebration”
“St. Patrick's Day smiles with our lucky floral libation. Inspired by the popular Irish cocktail”
“A nice gift basket will definitely bring a cute and big smile on your partner's face and in return you will just feel out of the world.”
This peaceful green and white arrangement of carnations, Gerbera daisies, lilies, daisy pomes and more, stylishly arranged in a clear glass gathering vase, will have them reflecting and meditating on your thoughtfulness.
“Fill their day with unbridled cheer by sending this charming gathering of roses, carnations, daisy pomes and more, hand-designed in a stylish lime green tin bucket.”
“A basket made with real covertures chocolate filled with 13 of Dilettantes finest hand-dipped gourmet truffles.”
“The Sunflower Treats gift basket expresses your sentiments in a bright and sunny way. Add some sunshine, and some great tasting snacks and treats, to anyone's.”
“Say "Thanks a Million". Convey your gratitude with a gift basket and make that certain someone feel like a million bucks!”
“Simple and elegant, Sugar Plum's Signature Brown Box, made of beautiful dark wood, comes with all hand-dipped milk and dark Belgian chocolates.”
Welcome Spring with the natural beauty of our elegant and colorful arrangement. Gorgeous sunflowers, lilies, delphinium, dianthus and calcynia are hand-crafted into a stylish bouquet inside a sleek glass cylinder vase.
“ A shamrocks is a plant ”
“ A four leaves shamrock is good luck ”
“ They are magic old men that play tricks on people ”
“ They are shoemakers ”
“ They work & make a lot of money ”
“ They keep their money in pots ”
“ They hide their pots at the end of a rainbow ”
“ Irish people love music Another instrument they play is the Harp”
“ They eat green cakes, green cookies & green sweets ”