Why-Do-We-Wear-Green-on-St.-Patrick's iStock/shironosovEvery March 17, we break out every piece of green clothing and jewelry, don shamrock-shaped pins and glasses, and dye our bagels and beverages (particularly alcoholic ones) green. Not quite the way people celebrated St. Patrick's Day in the 7th century. read more
Dress in green and you will get a lot of laughs and shaking heads. What a farce Americans have made of St. Patricks Day. The racist t-shirts and costumes all for a day that isn’t theirs. read more
Originally, the official color of the St. Patrick's Day was blue (which means that I would have dealt with a lot more train harassment), but green began to dominate based on Ireland being known as "The Emerald Isle," as well as the fact that the flag of Ireland also contains a stripe of green. read more