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Windsinger	BS: Being Irish on St. Patrick's Day (137* d)	RE: BS: Being Irish on St. Patrick's Day	17 Mar 06
Azizi, Yeah, it's an American thing. Probably regional; it wasn't practiced where I grew up either. One explanation (there's more than one, I'm sure!) was that according to Celtic legend, the more mischievous types of faeries would repeatedly pinch humans who displeased them in any way. So by failing to wear green, you're somehow offending the little people. One of the other rules of the game, is that if you get over-zealous and pinch someone who actually IS wearing green -- like some small or hidden article of clothing, socks or a hair ornament -- you get penalized. This can mean getting gang-pinched in return (yipe.)

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