{"id":13,"date":"2019-03-15T22:17:46","date_gmt":"2019-03-15T22:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sew\/?p=13"},"modified":"2019-03-16T04:55:33","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T04:55:33","slug":"13","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sew\/2019\/03\/15\/13\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy St. Patrick&#8217;s Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">St. Patrick\u2019s Day is observed on March 17, because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.\u00a0 It has become a holiday all around the world, where everyone can share in the fun and be Irish for the day.<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2010\/03\/happystpats-242x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Fun Ideas with the Kids<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/st-patricks-day\/\">Au Pair in America\u2019s St. Patrick\u2019s Day Pinboard<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/saint patricks day games for kids\">Games<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/familyfun.go.com\/st-patricks-day\/st-patricks-day-crafts\/\">Crafts<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crayola.com\/free-coloring-pages\/holidays\/st-patricks-day-coloring-pages\/\">Printable Activities &amp; Coloring Pages<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>St. Patrick\u2019s Day Recipes<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/hoosierhomemade.com\/12-st-patricks-day-cupcakes\/\">Cupcakes<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.simplyrecipes.com\/recipes\/irish_soda_bread\/\">Irish Soda Bread<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/16310\/corned-beef-and-cabbage-i\/\">Corned Beef &amp; Cabbage<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Fun Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The color <strong>green<\/strong> is also commonly associated with Ireland, also known as \u201cthe Emerald Isle.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>One estimate suggests that there are about 10 000 regular three-leaf clovers for every lucky four-leaf clover.<\/li>\n<li>Legend says that each leaf of the clover means something: the first is for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for luck.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer class=\"entry-meta\">\n<div class=\"post-footer-info\">by <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/author\/cicaupair\/\" rel=\"author\">Carol Perry,\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0<span class=\"footer-tag-list\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/tag\/kids-activities\/\" rel=\"tag\">kid&#8217;s activities<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/tag\/march-17\/\" rel=\"tag\">March 17<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/tag\/recipes\/\" rel=\"tag\">recipes<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/tag\/st-patricks-day\/\" rel=\"tag\">st. patrick&#8217;s day<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"comments-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/mdf\/2013\/03\/17\/happy-st-patricks-day-3\/#respond\"><span class=\"leave-reply\">Leave a reply<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Patrick\u2019s Day is observed on March 17, because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.\u00a0 It has become a holiday all around the world, where everyone can share in the fun and be Irish for the day. Fun Ideas with the Kids <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/aupairinamerica\/st-patricks-day\/\">Au Pair in America\u2019s St.  <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sew\/2019\/03\/15\/13\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[15,16,17,18],"class_list":["post-13","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","tag-kids-activities","tag-march-17","tag-recipes","tag-st-patricks-day"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy St. Patrick&#039;s Day! - Around the Sound Au Pair<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.aupairinamerica.com\/sew\/2019\/03\/15\/13\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy St. Patrick&#039;s Day! - Around the Sound Au Pair\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"St. Patrick\u2019s Day is observed on March 17, because that is the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland.\u00a0 It has become a holiday all around the world, where everyone can share in the fun and be Irish for the day. 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