Many people today feel the celebration of St. Patrick's Day is mostly associated with corned beef, cabbage and lots of beer. Some would add that parades including step dancing and music filled with the blare of bagpipes are integral to the festival as well.
These characteristics are true, but the celebration is actually a rememberance of the sad and painful history of the Irish.
One such event was "The Irish Potato Famine", in which a million people died, and over a million and a half fled to America. When a fungus had wiped
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