{"id":22948,"date":"2023-12-30T09:39:31","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T11:39:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/israbeer.co.il\/?p=22948"},"modified":"2024-02-10T10:14:09","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T12:14:09","slug":"st-patrick-s-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/israbeer.co.il\/en\/st-patrick-s-day\/","title":{"rendered":"St. Patrick’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"
There are holidays in the world that make the heart of any beer lover beat faster. One of them is St. Patrick’s Day, which is celebrated annually on March 17. Originally, it was celebrated only on the Emerald Isle as a day of remembrance of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.<\/p>\n
According to legend, he brought Christianity to the pagan island and banished all the snakes. According to legend, St. Patrick drove them off the island into the sea after they pestered him during a 40-day fast on a hilltop (there may have been another reason for the snakes’ disappearance, but they don’t really exist in Ireland). In honor of St. Patrick there is a parade with songs and dances, beer and whiskey flowing by the river. It is not only a celebration of an Irish saint, but also of the Irish soul.<\/p>\n
Gradually, not without the help of talented Guinness marketers, this holiday grew beyond national borders and became a kind of international Ireland Day and then Guinness Beer Day. It is celebrated in different cities of the world – in New York, Buenos Aires, Melbourne. Bright processions, parades and festivities of people dressed in green (the national color of Ireland) are noticeable everywhere where the Irish live. The clover, a symbol of Ireland and good luck, is worn in the buttonhole on this day.<\/p>\n
One of the main instruments in brass bands is the famous Irish bagpipe. Popular rumor has it that this parade tradition was born in Ireland. New York and Boston dispute the palm of superiority. New Yorkers claim that the first parade was held in 1762 in their city. At that time, Ireland was under the rule of the British, and it is quite possible that the inhabitants of the unruly North American colonies expressed their solidarity with them in this way.<\/p>\n