The world celebrates St. Patrick's Day

It is believed that the feast is timed to coincide with the day of the death of St. Patrick's patron saint of Ireland (ca. 385-461 AD) and symbolizes the adoption of Christianity in Ireland.
Traditionally, on this day there are parades and festivals with the performance of the dances of Cailie. The main attribute of St. Patrick's Day is the cloverleaf shamrock.

In addition to clover, the symbols of this day are also considered to be leprechauns (fabulous gnomes sewing shoes for other fairy-tale creatures and treasure hunters), a harp (depicted on the coat of arms of Ireland) and a shilayla (oak or threshing staff with a curved end, putter for playing curling).

Despite the fact that initially the color associated with Patrick was blue, it's customary to wear green clothes on St. Patrick's Day. In Chicago with the help of safe dyes in green color, even the local river.

St Patrick's mug - on the 17-th of March, a sheet of a shamrock was laid on the bottom of a beer glass, which was then put to spit out across the left shoulder.

It is noteworthy that in addition to Ireland St. Patrick is recognized as the patron of Nigeria, where on the 17-th of March it was recognized as a national holiday.

Since St. Patrick's Day, as a rule, falls on Lent, the Irish have a belief that that St. Patrick turns this holiday into all the meat being prepared for fish. A traditional dish is cabbage with bacon or corned beef.

The motto of the holiday was the word "Craic", meaning "fun and enjoyment".

According to the materials of anydaylife.com