happy st. Patrick's Day this is a beer
it's called Guinness it's from Ireland
there's another thing that I'd like to
teach you about something from Ireland
it's called st. Patrick's Day it happens
every March 17th this year is 2014 on
March 17 2014 there's going to be a lot
of drinking there's going to be a lot of
parties there's going to be a lot of
parades and festivals why
okay why is Ronnie wearing green again
why to a green wig
why should wearing a green shirt why
does your shirt say feck what does that
mean let me tell you
feck is the Irish replacement word for a
very naughty word called so instead
of saying you can say thick it's
really cool and nobody thinks you're
saying a bad word except for the people
that know so a little bit of history for
you about st. Patrick st. Patrick
apparently was a real person and he was
the saint of Ireland now the funny thing
is is that we don't know exactly when he
was born there's a lot of historical
errors about his life what I have read
some rumors for sure he is the saint of
Ireland now this is how you spell
Ireland in Irish Gaelic I cannot say it
properly I think it sounds like a job I
do not speak Irish Gaelic I do apologize
but this is how they spell Ireland in
Ireland this is the name of it so st.
Patrick was the page or is the patron
saint of Ireland March 17th funnily
enough represents the day of his death
so we are not a hundred percent sure
when the guy was born but apparently
they know he died March 17th I don't
know the year it's not important what is
really important about st. Patrick and
st. Patrick's Day especially st. Patrick
is he marks the beginning of
Christianity in Ireland now Christianity
is a kind of religion there are two main
parts of Christianity
Catholic and Protestant in Ireland
Catholic and Protestant people are
always fighting but they have the same
religion I don't understand it either
so in Northern Ireland and Ireland or
the southern part of Ireland
Newfoundland or Newfoundland which is in
Canada and Labrador a province in Canada
and also in the tiny Caribbean island of
Montserrat we celebrate Saint Patrick's
Day and it's a public holiday that means
you don't have to go to work and you can
spend all day partying and drinking and
wearing green doesn't this sound like a
great holiday I live in Ontario
unfortunately st. Patrick's Day is not a
public holiday I have to go to work
unless it's a weekend what do we do on
st. Patrick's Day mmm we drink we drink
a lot now I was interested as to why on
st. Patrick's Day people drank and the
answer is because of this thing called
Lent now Lent is the six weeks leading
up to Easter Easter happens in either
March or April depending on where it
lies in the calendar and Lent is six
weeks where people will give up one
thing that is a luxury for example if
you really really like chocolate you
will give up chocolate for Lent if you
really really love beer you will not
drink the chant right you will not drink
beer for six weeks
not gonna happen st. Patrick's Day
happens to fall smack-dab in the middle
of Lent so for one day you can
drink eat feast party as much as you
want and we're not going to tell anyone
so the reason why people drink so much
only on March 17th is it's because
the one day during length the
restrictions or the rules have been
banished which means you can do whatever
you want
um in your city in your country do you
have a st. Patrick's Day celebration
when I was living in Japan in Tokyo I
went to the Saint Patrick's Day parade I
drank a lot of beer on the street it was
great
some people wear a lot of green some
people don't wear green you do not have
to wear green you can wear whatever you
want
one interesting ironic thing that I
think about st. Patrick himself if
history is correct is that he was not
even born in Ireland he was born in
Roman England
I think known today as Wales he's not
even Irish he was born in Wales now how
did he get to Ireland what happened
there the legend has it that st. Patrick
was captured by Irish pirates and he was
taken as a slave to Ireland whilst in
Ireland as a slave he had a vision from
God that he would be really cool guy and
make his drink on st. Patrick's Day he
had a vision from God that he would help
people around the world and be a saint
so he became free magically went back to
where he was from went back to England
and brought Christianity to people in
Ireland that's my crazy little story
about st. Patrick's Day how about you
celebrate st. Patrick's Day you tell me
your crazy little story about st.
Patrick's Day Slainte
you