St. Patrick's Day Trivia

1. Do you see the difference between these 2 plants? The top one is actually oxalis and the bottom one is clover or shamrock. Typically, St. Patrick's Day shamrocks are depicted with the leaves attached at the stalk, but not so. Plants with the leaves attached at the stalk are oxalis. If you look closely at clover or shamrock leaves, you will see that a bit of plant stem separates the leaves from the stalk.
An Irish tale tells of how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

2. If you abbreviate St. Patrick's Day, you should spell it Paddy with DDs instead of TTs. Paddy is the masculine nickname for Pádraig, the Irish spelling of Patrick. Patty is the feminine version. You will notice when I refer to my Patrick on my blog it's with DDs.

And there you go.