Happy Saint Patricks Day!
The shamrock (Irish seamróg) is a plant with trifoliate
leaves and it is a symbol of St. Patrick's Day because tradition has it
that St. Patrick used the plant to explain the theological doctrine of
the Holy Trinity (three persons in one God). The word is a diminutive
of Irish seamar 'clover'. The ancient Druids associated the
shamrock with the coming of spring and the rebirth of the natural world
at the vernal equinox. The shamrock was later adopted as the national
symbol of Ireland. The phrase "to drown the shamrock" means 'to go
drinking on St. Patrick's Day'. Clover is the common name for this species of trefoil, but it was spelled various ways prior to 1600, which is also what happened to shamrock until around 1577.
Rainbow comes from Old Norse regnbogi (becoming Old English renboga, ren 'rain' + boga
'bend, bow') and is a bow or arch of the colors of the prism that is
formed in the sky opposite to the sun by the reflection, double
refraction, and dispersion of the sun's rays in falling drops of rain.
There are many stories about the pot of gold existing at the end of a
rainbow.
In Irish folklore, a leprechaun was a tiny sprite or fairy who carried a purse containing a shilling. The word is derived from Old Irish luchorpán 'wee ones', from lu 'small' + corp
'body'. Over the years, the word luchorpán was confused with an Irish
word meaning 'one shoemaker'. The leprechaun started being depicted as a
solitary creature working on a single shoe instead of a pair.
Ok, that was kinda weird but I wanted to show what they all meant. Are you doing anything on this holiday? I'm not.. I wish I was though!
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