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Do St. Patrick's day rules about pinching apply in the home?

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Oh I got this one baby! Yes, you are absolutely free to pinch any sibling or parent even, who is not wearing green on the appointed day. However a note of caution from my experience in this matter in 1975 (last century but still valid). read more

Rules. Some people believe that if you pinch a person who actually is wearing green, you can get pinched back 10 times. Kissing the Irish. Another American invention for St. Patrick’s Day is the practice of kissing anyone who’s Irish for luck. Buttons with the phrase "Kiss me, I'm Irish" started popping up on the East Coast in the 1960s and 1970s. read more

According to folklore, you get pinched on St. Patrick’s day for not wearing green because green makes you invisible to leprechauns, and leprechauns like to pinch people (because they can!) However, we could find no primary Irish source to certify that claim, so take it with a grain of salt. read more

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