Every year on March 17, the Irish and the Irish-at-heart across the globe observe St. Patrick’s Day. What began as a religious feast day for the patron saint of Ireland has become an international festival celebrating Irish culture with parades, dancing, special foods and a whole lot of green.
When I was a child, my dad always reminded me that we were Scottish, NOT Irish, so he made me wear orange to school on St. Patrick’s Day. For a shy, introverted kid, this made my life even worse than it was.
He would have loved this t-shirt – if only it came in orange:
(and yes, I bought it in his memory)
