Yup, tomorrow, once again we celebrate St. Patrick. For one day, everyone can claim to have a bit of the Irish in them. I've got Irish in my family, but by marriage since my wife comes from the Grogan clan. She and our two sons are part Irish, so I'm one of those that always pretends.

Up until now, I always thought that we could say, "St. Patty's Day", but I find that is not correct. I also thought that the four-leaf clover was a symbol of Irish luck, but again, I was wrong. Here's a except from what I found that changed my thinking:

Quote:Paddy is derived from the Irish, Pádraig: the source of those mysterious, emerald double-Ds. Patty is the diminutive of Patricia, or a burger, and just not something you call a fella. There isn’t a sinner in Ireland that would refer to a Patrick as “Patty”. It’s as simple as that.

Shamrock isn’t just any old piece of clover: it’s three-leafed. Tradition holds that Saint Patrick used the trefoil to teach the Trinity. He’d have no luck with the four-leaf clover on your leprechaun hat.

Here's my Irish greeting for you all. And although I used three-leaf clovers for the shamrocks, I did sneak in one four-leaf for good luck.
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