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Dual Entry Monday: Saint Patrick's Day and Green

The March 18, 2013 prompt for "30-Day Blogging Challenge ON HIATUS"  is
Yesterday, Sunday, March 17 was St. Patrick's Day. Research the holiday's origin and provide your thoughts.
What does St. Patrick's Day mean to you?

On March 17, 461 A.D., Saint Patrick died. Saint Patrick's Day, Lá Fhéile Pádraig, "the Day of the Festival of Patrick", is the day that celebrate the Patron Saint of Ireland. Saint Patrick used the Shamrock, a clover sprig, as a metaphor for the Christian Trinity. Saint Patrick's Day is normally celebrated by "wearing of the green", parades, and pubs or bar selling green beer.

For me, Saint Patrick's Day is not a Holy Day I commemorate. The most I will do on Saint Patrick's Day is wear green because when I was a child if I did not wear green to school in Saint Patrick's Day someone would pinch me. Since I am one of those people who bruise easily and, at the time, pinching on Saint Patrick's Day was considered normal childhood behavior, I had to do something to protect myself because the teacher would not; I got into the habit of wearing green on Saint Patrick's Day. If I were going to celebrate Saint Patrick's Day it would be in honor of my Irish ancestors; however, since I do not celebrate days in honor of my German ancestors or my Scotch ancestors, there is no reason to celebrate in honor of my Irish ancestors. Please check out "Free Day: Saint Patrick's Day" .

The March 18, 2013 prompt for "Blogging Circle of Friends Prompt Forum"  is
In honor of St. Patrick's Day, blog about anything that has to do with the word GREEN.

Green
is the color of spring,
of life,
of immortality,
of resurrection
and rebirth.

Green
is respect for the earth,
it lightens
or conceals
our carbon footprints
upon the planet.

Green
is the color of money,
of greed,
of the sin of over-consumption.

Green
is a dual-natured metaphor
representing
both the spiritual
and material aspects
of human nature;
both the good and the evil desires
of humanity.

Green
is the color representing
both the beauty
of the natural world
and the ugliness
of humanity's unbridled passions.

Green quote 1 of the day: The fate of the living planet is the most important issue facing mankind. - Gaylord Nelson

Green quote 2 of the day: Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hence, race, gender and ethnicity cannot be considered within it. - Thomas Sowell