Will the Real St. Patrick Please Stand Up?

By joechan (103)

On this side of the pond, there’s certainly a “traditional” way to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day — the rites typically involve a parade, green clothing, and copious amounts of ale-induced merrymaking. The Guinness [...]corporation is even leading a charge to make it a national holiday in the United States, as it is in Ireland.

As the city of Boston — host of the nation’s first St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in 1737 — decks itself in green for another year’s celebration, BU Today hit the streets to find out just how much people know about Ireland’s patron saint.
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