Mar 17
You’re Late! St. Patty’s is Over
So you thought you would pinch a few friends who weren’t wearing green today, huh? Just because it’s March 17th you think you have the right to go about reminding people they forgot St. Patrick’s Day? WRONG. You are the one who forgot St. Patrick’s Day!
According to this excerpt from the Telegraph Herald, St. Patty’s was actually on Saturday, March 15th this year. The reason? The Catholic Church traditionally moves the date of this celebration if it ever falls within Holy Week, which has not happened since 1940.
So put away your clovers and hide that green shirt because you are starting to embarrass me! Oh, and if you are worried about missing St. Patty’s again sometime soon, don’t be; we shouldn’t have this problem again until the year 2160.
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March 17th, 2008 at 1:11 pm
Wow, you must be a genius for finding such an interesting quirky fact. Sorry to embarrass, but I’m still wearing plenty of green today, and odds are I wore plenty of green on Saturday (new set of Burton long underwear, all green, to match my green board and green pants, AHH!) …so leprechauns: watch out, no pinching here.
March 20th, 2008 at 6:38 am
Speaking of moving holidays to a better day….how about Easter? It’s this Sunday…half the people I’ve talked to don’t even realize that because it’s so ridiculously early this year. Chicago has 3-6 inches of snow predicted for Good Friday….what the heck?? So much for the egg hunt. If we can change St. Patty’s Day and Memorial Day…I say “lets make Easter in April”, period.