@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt163t9vt.6, ISBN = {9780813165554}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt163t9vt.6}, abstract = {St. Patrick’s Day (in Ireland, the Feast of St. Patrick) is a cultural and religious holiday celebrated each year on March 17, the day St. Patrick died. It is celebrated by the Irish people and people of Irish descent.The holiday is observed by attending church services, enjoying parades, sporting shamrocks, wearing green, and drinking Irish beer and Irish whiskey. Those who do not drink alcohol might eat Irish potatoes, Irish stew, and Irish soda bread.Information about St. Patrick comes from theDeclaration,a letter said to have been written by St. Patrick himself.Patrick was born in Roman}, bookauthor = {Roberta Simpson Brown and Lonnie E. Brown}, booktitle = {Haunted Holidays: Twelve Months of Kentucky Ghosts}, pages = {21--36}, publisher = {University Press of Kentucky}, title = {St. Patrick’s Day}, year = {2015} }