| It won't be long before Saint Patrick's Day is here! | | | | that a monstrous devil resided in his basement who |
| Why do people wear green on Saint Patrick's Day so | | | | fed on the dishonesty of the innkeeper. In order to |
| as not to get pinched anyhow? Some say that it | | | | banish the devil, the man needed to change his ways. |
| started back in the 1700's. If you wear green, you will | | | | When St. Patrick returned some time later, he noticed |
| be invisible to Leprechauns (a mischievous elf) and a | | | | that the owner was generously overflowing the |
| pinch was a warning. Some have said pinching gives | | | | customers' glasses. He went to the cellar with the |
| you a bruise so you'll have green on you! Who knows! | | | | innkeeper and found the devil wasted away from all |
| It turns out, it is an American made tradition. | | | | the landlord's generosity. He then quickly expelled the |
| Soon the Chicago River will be dyed green, and green | | | | demon, stating that thereafter everybody should have |
| dyed beer will also be flowing amongst many pubs! I | | | | a drop of the "hard stuff" on his feast day. Well, |
| heard that drinking dark Irish beer may be as effective | | | | alrighty then! |
| as daily aspirin by reducing the blood clots that cause | | | | There are going to be St. Patty's Day parades and |
| heart attacks due to the antioxidants that reduce | | | | pub gatherings everywhere. Now's the time to make |
| cholesterol deposits on artery walls. | | | | sure you have some kind of self defense weapon on |
| The tradition of drinking on St. Patty's Day is an old Irish | | | | you at all times because you simply never know when |
| legend called Pota Phadraig or Patrick's Pot. It is as | | | | you may need it. The perfect item to have is a cell |
| "drowning the shamrock" because it is customary to | | | | phone stun gun like a Stun Master Cell Phone Stun |
| float a shamrock leaf in your whiskey before downing | | | | Gun or a Pretender Cell Phone Stun Gun. |
| it. | | | | They're a great means of protection as you can clip it |
| St. Patrick was given a shot of whiskey that was | | | | to your side and no one will ever know it's a stun gun! |
| much less than full. St. Patrick wanted to teach the | | | | When you show all your friends, they will be "Green" |
| innkeeper a lesson about generosity, so he told him | | | | with envy! |