St Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick was the patron saint of leprechauns and gold. He is best known for playing a bagpipe and luring small children out of town to the edge of the rainbow where he makes them touch the green hue (which is where St. Patrick’s Day gets its color) and they would return to town with great riches and gold from the leprechaun’s realm. It is rumored that if you leave a potato out for St. Patrick the night before St. Patrick’s Day he will lure your children away to become wealthy. If a leprechaun catches one of the children and pinches them, the child will vaporize and reappear at home and can not obtain gold from the leprechaun’s realm until they are lured back next year.