Ten Green Things For St. Patrick’s Day.

By Erica and Karen

We know we have to go green on St.Patrick’s Day. People wear green clothes and drink green beer and do all kinds of green stuff. But why?

Well, one of the reasons we wear green is because of Ireland’s nickname, The Emerald Isle. The green stripe in the Irish flag also played a role. Traditionally, the green represents the Catholics of Ireland, the orange represents the Protestant population and the white in the middle symbolizes the peace between the two religions.

The religious symbolism doesn’t stop there. St. Patrick is thought to have used green shamrocks to teach people about the Holy Trinity (God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit), another justification for greenifying everything.

We don’t know about religious symbolism, but we do like beautiful shades of green.

• We would love to know where we can go green like the Wicked Witch of the West in Wicked.

• We like green wellies—especially with pink soles.

• Emerald earrings are always perfect.

• A brilliantly green salad is so good—and so right!

• Leprechauns might wear these green shoes.

• Green buildings are in our future.

• Green uniforms are not enough to make us bond with a team—but they don’t hurt.

• We love the way Matisse painted his wife, with a stylish green stripe dividing her face.

• The greenest greens we ever saw were rice paddies in Japan.

• Gorgeous green wine glasses would be perfect for our green beer.

Do you go green?