I just heard it on NPR (so it MUST be true!) that if you want to honor St. Patrick's Day, pass on the green beer and go for the dark stout, which is certifiably Irish. Guiness is good. No doubt folks will mention others. Me, I can't get anything else in our limited selection gov't run liquor stores and even more limited "beer and wine" shoppes. Oh well. Perhaps I'll have to go to the pub. OTOH, there IS also Irish Mist and Irish creme, both available. And, of course, whiskey.

OTOH, OTOH, just singing Irish songs and not imbibing is also cool. I didn't mean to suggest that the only way to honor the day was to drink alcohol. Other'n Danny Boy, any popularly-known songs to suggest?

Didn't St. Patrick rid Ireland of the snakes, according to legend?