Happy st. Patrick’s day, everyone!

To celebrate this day I’m posting a throwback to my trip to Dublin, few years ago, with this photo shot inside the Guinness factory. As always I’m trying to investigate the origins of this day: we can easily find out that all we know about St. Patrick was written by the man himself, except the date of this death, obviously.

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The Celts were celebrating spring equinox, as many other cultures around the worlds, in those days, so, by using the common practice of syncretism, there’s a huge probability that the date was later fixed by christians in a day preceding the spring equinox. Actually, even if people were unofficial celebrating St. Patrick in those days, the day was not fixed until the 17th century.
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Btw, did you know that Guinness beer is now a totally vegan beer? It may sound strange to point that out, but if you watch at the ingredients list of many (MANY) other beers, you’ll find isinglass, a fish derivate hugely used to clarify the beer. Just check at carnivore.com, to find a list of all the vegan and non vegan beers, and your mind will be blown away.
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But now: let’s enjoy st. Patrick day with friends and a glass of something good!

Slàinte!