St. Patrick’s Day. Comin’ our way. Hooray, hooray. Callooh! Callay! They chortle in their joy. And drink green beer. Wear green clothes. Green because of the shamrock. St. Patrick supposedly used the three-leaved plant to explain the Holy Trinity to pre-Christian Irish. St. Patrick was actually British. Kidnapped by invading Irish. And kept as a slave in Ireland. Then escaped back to Britain. Then later returned to Ireland as a devout Christian. He died March 17, 461 A.D. And to this day, h ...