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Four Interesting Facts About St. Patrick’s Day I Bet You Didn’t Know.

March 17, 2023
Brenda Sparks

Not too long ago I was visiting the ProFlowers blogs and a post about St. Patrick’s Day caught my attention. They had 15 interesting facts about St. Patrick’s Day. I wanted to share 4 things I found particularly interesting from the post.

  1. St. Patrick’s Day is an Irish national holiday with banks, stores, and businesses closing for the day.
  2. The first St. Patrick’s Day celebration in the United States was held in Boston (1737).
  3. Shamrocks are the national flower/emblem of Ireland.
  4. The color of St. Patrick’s Day was originally blue.

Source: https://www.proflowers.com/blog/interesting-st-patricks-day-facts

Leave me a comment below with any other interesting facts you know about the holiday.