Paddy's Day
March seventeenth holiday
Paddy's Day is an informal shortening of Saint Patrick's Day, the Irish cultural and religious holiday celebrated on March 17th.
The name comes from Paddy, a familiar form of Patrick common in Ireland: Are you going out for Paddy's Day?
The term is casual and affectionate, used especially by Irish people themselves.
- shamrocksIrish trifoliate emblems
- Saint PatrickIreland's patron evangelist
- paradesPublic celebratory processions
- Irish musicCeltic folk sound
- Irish diasporaIrish population outside Ireland
wearing green · patron saint · Ireland · pot of gold · storytelling · traditional dances · feasting · St. Patrick's Cathedral · Irish mythology · drinking games · luck of the Irish · Celtic cross · Irish blessing · missionary work · fireworks displays · leprechaun · corned beef · Chicago River
Paddy's DayBurns Night
Annual Scottish poet commemoration
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