Happy Mother's Day!!
If so, you happen to be in for some luck! Yeah, thats right, this is March, the month of the lion and luck. Customarily, it is known for its winds and green buds that are appearing, it is not so the case in Ohio. Yeah, we dont start becoming green until at least mid-April, and well, unless you're green with envy! But thats okay, because no matter the weather (thank Heaven for that), in Ohio, we always like to drink our beer and reflect on the Irish heritage that brings us so much happiness this time of year. Yeah, you guessed it: St. Patrick's Day!
SOME IRISH THINGS TO KNOW:
- 40 million americans can trace their ancestory to Ireland
- Ireland is half the size of arkansas
- In November 1995, the people of Ireland narrowly passed a referendum legalizing divorce.
- The Quiet Man was filmed there. another must see movie! John Wayne and Maureen O'Hara
- Irish tradition says that anyone who kisses the blarney stone, which is located in this town, will be blessed with the Irish "gift of gab": Blarney
- "Erin Go Bragh," a phrase heard often on St. Patrick's Day, means: Ireland Forever
- Some areas in Ireland are known to receive this many inches of rain each year, which accounts for the brilliantly green grass that has earned Ireland the nickname the "emerald isle": 80 inches!
