Green Beer.

March 17th is the international day of Green Beer. Also known as St. Patricks day.

Saint Patrick is believed to have been born in the late fourth century, and is often confused with Palladius, a bishop who was sent by Pope Celestine in 431 to be the first bishop to the Irish believers in Christ.
Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland and is credited with bringing Christianity and the Gospel of Christ to Ireland.
Saint Patrick described himself as a "most humble-minded man, pouring forth a continuous paean of thanks to his Maker for having chosen him as the instrument whereby multitudes who had worshipped idols and unclean things had become the people of God."
Legend tells that Saint Patrick drove all the 'snakes' from Ireland. While it is true there are no snakes in Ireland, it is also likely that there never has been. As in many old pagan religions, serpent symbols were common and often worshipped. 'Driving the snakes' from Ireland was probably symbolic of spreading the Gospel of Christ which putt an end to that pagan practice.
St Patrick was not actually the first missionary to bring Christianity to Ireland, but he is said to have encountered the Druids at Tara and abolished their pagan rites. The story holds that he converted the warrior chiefs and princes, baptizing them and thousands of their subjects in the "Holy Wells" that still bear this name.

While St. Patrick's Day is officially in memory of him, today it is more often a celebration of all things Irish.

With that, my favourite kind of Irish. A few Irish Jokes.

Young man Murphy applied for an engineering position at an Irish firm based in Dublin. An American applied for the same job and both applicants having the same qualifications were asked to take a test by the Department manager.
Upon completion of the test both men only missed one of the questions. The manager went to Murphy and said, "Thank you for your interest, but we've decided to give the American the job."
Murphy: "And why would you be doing that? We both got 9 questions correct. This being Ireland and me being Irish I should get the job!"
Manager: "We have made our decision not on the correct answers, but on the question you missed."
Murphy: "And just how would one incorrect answer be better than the other?"
Manager: "Simple. The American put down on question # 5, 'I don't know.' You put down 'Neither do I.'"


An Irish priest is driving down to his local parish when he gets stopped for speeding. The police officer smells alcohol on the priest's breath and then sees an empty wine bottle on the floor of the car. He says, "Sir, have you been drinking?" "Just water," says the priest. The trooper says, "Then why do I smell wine? The priest looks at the bottle and says, "Good Lord! He's done it again!"