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There's a story that a saint Patrick of Ireland lay dying on March 17th, 461 AD.

He turned to the well-wishers assembled around him and asked them for one final kindness

before he passed away.

He asked that after he finally slipped from this life, his friends would all toast his

passage to heaven with a wee dram of whiskey.

The gathered friends obliged the old man and so a saint Patrick's Day tradition was

born.

If this story is to be believed, then the indelible connection between saint Patrick's Day and

alcohol was actually decreed by the saint himself.

From then on in, getting a little turned up on March 17th wasn't just a byproduct of

the celebrations, it was practically a religious obligation.

Now, it probably won't come as much of a surprise to learn that this story is a pure historical

myth.

This story has no roots in any proper historical source.

It seems to be a folk tradition that's been kept alive by Irish tour guides looking

to entertain tourists.

I first came across this story in an article written by Dayton University professor James

Farley, who in turn claims that he heard the tale from a guide in county Mayo, the home

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