St. Patrick’s Day used to be alcohol-free.
Originally, St. Patrick’s Day was considered a religious holiday which meant that all pubs in Ireland were to be closed on March 17. It wasn’t until 1970, when St. Patrick’s Day became a national holiday, that it became a day to drink. Also, funny enough, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade didn’t even take place in Ireland! It happened in Boston, MA in 1737 and wasn’t adopted by the Irish until 1931.
St. Maewyn’s day?!
Turns out that Saint Patrick wasn’t always a Patrick. His birth given name was Maewyn, and he legally changed it to Patricius when he became a priest.
Side note: a common misconception is that the shortened version of Patrick is Patty. For the Irish, Patty is a nickname for Patricia! The correct abbreviation is actually Paddy or St. Paddy’s Day.
St. Patrick wasn’t even Irish.
His parents were roman citizens and he was born Britain around 385 A.D. Around 16 years after his birth, he moved to Ireland and eventually became known as the Apostle of Ireland.
Irish people in the United States outnumber those in Ireland.
In America, 39.6 million people claim Irish heritage which is almost 7 times more than the entire population of 6.3 million in Ireland!
Law firms have your back this March 17th.
DUIs are handed out like candy on St. Patrick’s day. So to promote safe partying and reduce the amount of drunk drivers on the road, law firms in certain cities are offering to cover your cab fare! If you live in the Oakland, Wayne, Macomb and Washtenaw counties in Michigan or in Colorado Springs, Pueblo and Pueblo West, you should most definitely take advantage of this!
Hope you enjoyed these fun facts and, from all of us here at Merus, we hope you have a fun and safe St. Patrick’s Day!
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This post was written by Alisha Chakravarty, member of the MerusCase team.
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