I hope everyone is having a great St. Patrick's Day. I also hope everyone remembered to wear green so they didn't get pinched. Ever wonder where the whole pinching thing came from? Well I'm a curious person that loves factoids. Basically I'm a plethora of useless knowledge. I just wanted to share my findings on where the whole pinching thing came from. This excerpt came from wikianswers.com:
It's thought that the pinching started in the early 1700s, about the time that awareness of St. Patrick's as a holiday came to the fore, too, in Boston, in the Massachusetts colony. They thought if you wore green, it made you invisible to the Leprechauns, which was good because they would pinch anyone they could see. So the pinching is to warn and remind you about the Leprechauns. Pinching those not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day is an American tradition, having really nothing to do with Ireland or St. Patrick Wrong. I have lived in Ireland. The truth is, Irish people think Americans are crazy. St. Patrick's Day is not even remotely celebrated over there as heavily as it is in the US.
So there you have it. In case you have ever wondered why people pinch on St. Paddy's Day, now you know!
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