Happy St. Patrick's Day!

Last year, when we were living in Scotland, Kyle & I thought we would be on top of things and where our St. Patty's day green on March 17th.  Silly Americans!  We quickly learned that in the UK, no one wears green on St. Patrick's Day (I of course had assumed this was a universal tradition).  Also, there is no pinching (thank goodness! What a horrible tradition anyway!).  It didn't seem like St. Patrick's Day was really celebrated at all!  I also learned that if you are truly Irish- you certainly wouldn't wear green. My co-worker was born and raised in Northern Ireland and informed me that growing up she wasn't even allowed to wear green out of her house.  To this day she says that when she wears green she feels like she's doing something wrong! It is because the animosity between the Catholics and Protestants is still alive and well in Northern Ireland and Green denotes Catholicism.  It could be potential dangerous for you to sport a green shirt while walking the streets at night in her hometown.  What a different world we live in here in America!
-Stacie