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Thursday, March 20, 2014

St. Patrick´s Day by Diego Cameirao


Saint Patrick´s day is celebrated in Ireland and it is on 17th of March. It symbolizeS Saint Patrick´s death.
In this festival all the people are dress with green clothes, because the green colour is a lucky thing.
Another lucky things are the Spring, shamrocks and Chicago river, because all this things are green.
If you aren´t dress of green in that day, the people can pinch you. It is a american tradition. They think that the green colour could make you invisible to avoid pinches. In the beginning of the St Patrick´s day, the people dressed of blue.

There are a lot of traditions in St Patrick´s day. For example the Irish people eat meat with sprouts.
Also, if you see a Leprechaun you should have catch him because it has a pot full of money and gold.
Another Irish food are potatoes, fish, broccoli and carrots.
Saint Patrick´s legend tells that he throw out a lot of snakes of there. And the people make some jokes related with this success.
One traditional drink are the beer. Without drinking Black Irish beer the celebration isn´t the same.

In Spain, Saint Patrick´s day is celebrated too. It is join in Galicia, in a village of Pontevedra. This party is join there because this city has association with the Irish tradition. And more or less 4.000 people join it.



Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Arthur's Day


These days it is celebrated Arthur's Day in Dublin and other cities worldwide. It started last year, when it was celebrated the 250th anniversary of the Guinness brewing company.

The events take place in the city of Dublin, mainly, but also in Kuala Lumpur or New York. Everything starts at 17.59 as it is believed that the company started in the year 1759 on a day like today. It was the result of Guinness's father's will, 100 pounds of that time, and the investment was very successful and became famous.

So enjoy this day and drink a good Guinness. A toss for Arthur Guinness on Thursday 23rd, no matter where you are, find an Irish pub and celebrate!

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