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St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's day is with us,
The day when all that's seen
From right and left
And everywhere is green, green, green.
I'll wear an Irish shamrock
In my coat the glad day through,
For my mother and father are Irish,
And I am Irish , too!
-Unknown
Leprechauns had nothing to do with St. Patrick or the
celebration of St. Patrick's Day. In 1959, Walt Disney
released a film called Darby O'Gill & the Little People,
which introduced America to a very different sort of
leprechaun than the cantankerous little man of Irish folk-
lore. This leprechaun is a purely American invention.
An Old Irish recipe for Longevity:
Leave the table hungry.
Leave the bed sleepy.
Leave the table thirsty.
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