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Here are 10 interesting facts about St Pattys Day to celebrate the holiday.
1. St. Patrick was not Irish - Ireland's patron saint was, in fact, from Wales!
2. The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in New York in the 1760s.
3. Though we've come to associate kelly green with… View moreHere are 10 interesting facts about St Pattys Day to celebrate the holiday.
1. St. Patrick was not Irish - Ireland's patron saint was, in fact, from Wales!
2. The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place in New York in the 1760s.
3. Though we've come to associate kelly green with the Irish and the holiday, the 5th-century saint's official colour was "Saint Patrick's blue," a light shade of sky blue. The colour green only became associated with the big day after it was linked to the Irish independence movement in the late 18th century.
4. Don’t be fooled by any holiday decorations showing lady leprechauns. In traditional Irish folk tales, there are no female leprechauns, only nattily attired little guys who spend their days making and mending shoes (meaning they earned that gold they're always guarding).
5. St. Patrick never got canonized by a pope, making his saintly status somewhat questionable.
6. Guinness sales soar on St. Patrick's Day. Recent figures show that 5.5 million pints of the black stuff are downed around the world every day. On St. Patrick's Day that figure is doubled.
7. Your odds of finding a four-leaf clover are about 1 in 10,000.
8. How did the shamrock become associated with St. Patrick? According to Irish legend, the saint used the three-leafed plant (which is not to be confused with the four-leaf clover) as a metaphor for the Holy Trinity when he was first introducing Christianity to Ireland.
9. According to Irish legend, St. Patrick wasn't originally called Patrick. His birth name was Maewyn Succat, but he changed it to Patricius after becoming a priest.
10. In Chicago every year, the Plumbers Local 110 union dyes the river "Kelly" green. The dye lasts for about five hours.
In this week's issue of Get Growing we say bring on the feijoa season and share growing tips and the latest new varieties. We also have advice on bagging fruit, swapping seeds, feeding soil bacteria and planting nut trees, plus we have a cool hack for avoiding spray drift.
Check out our … View moreIn this week's issue of Get Growing we say bring on the feijoa season and share growing tips and the latest new varieties. We also have advice on bagging fruit, swapping seeds, feeding soil bacteria and planting nut trees, plus we have a cool hack for avoiding spray drift.
Check out our list of some of our favourite seed, plant and gardenware retailers who offer online shopping and discover some striking late-season bulbs.
Delivered every Friday to your email inbox, Get Growing digital magazine offers seasonal gardening advice from the NZ Gardener magazine's team of experts. Each week we answer all your burning questions on raising fruit and veges and tell you the top tasks to do in your backyard this weekend. Subscribe here:
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Graduation ceremonies and the Waikato Show are a few of the latest events to have been cancelled due to Covid-19.
But Whangamata's Beach Hop organisers are hoping they'll be able to proceed in eight months' time.
It comes after … View moreGraduation ceremonies and the Waikato Show are a few of the latest events to have been cancelled due to Covid-19.
But Whangamata's Beach Hop organisers are hoping they'll be able to proceed in eight months' time.
It comes after Balloons over Waikato cancelled public participation during their annual festival this week.
Read more here. Have you been affected by events called off or postponed due to coronavirus?
Normally, thousands of people head to Balloons Over Waikato events.
This year, precautions against coronavirus have changed things.
Read more here. Have you found new ways to watch the balloons?
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