Aside from the traditions mindlessly practiced, people do not commonly know why they typically associate green accessories, ...

The first St. Patrick's Day parade in the United States took place in St. Augustine ... phrase elsewhere when talking about the patron saint.” In the 19th century, “Paddy” turned into ...

Here's a look at who Ireland's patron saint was and why he is celebrated ... Patrick's Day parade currently on record was held in St. Augustine, Florida, in 1601, historians say.

In the old Irish calendar the day after St Patrick’s Day is Sheelah’s Day, in commemoration of the woman who many believe to have been Patrick’s wife. According to Shane Lehane, a folklorist at ...

America’s first St. Patrick’s Day celebration was in 1600 in the Spanish colony of present-day St. Augustine, Florida. Spanish colonial records mentioned a celebration for Saint Patrick in 1600 and ...

But most of the traditions we now associate with St. Patrick’s Day have nothing to do with the patron ... day St. Augustine. Spanish colonial records mentioned a celebration for Saint Patrick ...

The first St. Patrick's Day celebration ... fields," and since what was grown in the St. Augustine fields was corn, "you have this venerable Irish saint who in this Spanish military garrison ...

The holiday commemorates St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland ... in the Spanish colony of what would become St. Augustine, Florida. Boston held its first celebration parade in 1737, followed ...

St. Patrick's Day started as a day to commemorate the death anniversary of Ireland's patron saint and has since turned ... in a Spanish Colony that is now St. Augustine, Florida.