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圣帕特里克节的十个趣事盘点(下)

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6. st patrick was said to have proclaimed that everyone should have a drop of the "hard stuff" on his feast day after chastising an innkeeper who served a short measure of whiskey. in the custom known as "drowning the shamrock", the shamrock that has been worn on a lapel or hat is put in the last drink of the evening.

6. 据说圣帕特里克曾训斥了一位卖威士忌缺斤短两的酒馆老板。此后圣帕特里克声明每个人在他的宗教节日都应该喝一滴“烈性酒”。因此在“淹没三叶草”这个众所周知的习俗中，节日里戴在西服翻领或者帽子上的三叶草最后会被放在酒里作为晚上最后一饮。

7. popular irish toasts on st patrick's day, include: may the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends beneath it never fall out.

7. 爱尔兰圣帕特里克节的流行祝酒语包括：愿头上屋顶不倒，屋下朋友不分。

8. st. patrick's day was first celebrated in america in boston, massachusetts, in 1737. around 34 million modern americans claim irish ancestry.

8. 美国马萨诸塞州的波士顿于1737年首次庆祝圣帕特里克节。大约3400万现代美国人自认为是爱尔兰后裔。

9. it is believed that st patrick died on march 17 in 461ad. it is a national holiday in ireland, and on the island of montserrat in the caribbean, which was founded by irish refugees. it is a bank holiday in northern ireland and a provincial holiday in the canadian province of newfoundland.

9. 据说圣帕特里克在公元461年3月17日去世。圣帕特里克节是爱尔兰和加勒比地区由爱尔兰难民建立的蒙特塞拉特岛的国定假日，在北爱尔兰是公共假日，也是加拿大纽芬兰省的假日。

10. dublin has a parade that attracts hundreds of thousands of people, while in chicago the river is dyed green for a few hours. the biggest parade is normally held in new york, while the largest celebration in the southern hemisphere is in sydney, australia.

10.在圣帕特里克节，都柏林的游行吸引成千上万的人;在芝加哥河流会被染成绿色几个小时。最盛大的节日游行一般在纽约;南半球规模最大的庆祝是在澳大利亚的悉尼。

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