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St. Patrick's Day

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Corned beef and cabbage is not actually an Irish meal

That's what Irish immigrants used to celebrate St. Patrick's Day when they came to America because it was less expensive.

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The average American spends $38 on St. Patrick's Day goodies.

How much did you spend?

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Ireland is known as the Emerald Isle because of it's lush green fields and rolling hills.

It's breathtaking!

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14 is the highest number of leaves found on a clover.

Wowza! That's A LOT of leaves!

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Every year the US produces 26.1 billion pounds of beef and 2.3 billion pounds of cabbageg.

Do you like cabbage?

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Stories of leprechauns come from Celtic folklore.

Have you ever caught a leprechaun?

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Corned beef and cabbage doesn't actually have corn in it.

It doesn't - it's meat and cabbage.

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One Irish tradition is to pinch someone who isn't wearing green on St. Patty's Day.

Ouch!

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Legend says that if you catch a leprechaun, he's forced to tell you where he hid his gold.

WHERE IS IT???

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