Top o’ the morning to you, lads and lasses!
I cannot believe it’s already March! This year has flown by so far. As you surely know, March brings a very special holiday for many, whether they be Irish or just fans of festivities.
This year, Provident would like to help get our customers in the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day by sharing a little history of the holiday and…dun dun dun…giving away some gold!
Patrick (no known last name has been recorded) was born to a British family, rich in theology. At age 16, he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and taken to work in Northern Ireland for six years as a shepherd. During his enslavement, he developed his spiritual life and converted to Christianity. After six years of arduous labor, Patrick heard a voice telling him he was to be delivered from captivity by a ship.
Patrick fled from his captors to find the ship, and he was indeed rescued and returned home. Not long after he returned home, Patrick had a vision in which he believed God told him he needed to return to the land of his captors and share the gospel with those he should abhor.
Obediently, Patrick did return to Northern Ireland and led thousands to Christ. According to historical documents, Patrick used a shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish people.
Surprisingly, Patrick was never formally canonized by the Catholic church, though, he has been widely regarded as a saint since his death on March 17, 460.
In the late 9th century, St. Patrick’s Day was developed as a way to pay homage to the man who conquered bitterness to spread the gospel. While traditions vary from country to country, St. Patrick’s Day is a well-loved holiday, universally.
In the United States, we employ many cultural stereotypes on St. Patrick’s Day; we use copious amounts of green decorations, shamrocks, leprechauns, and pots o’ gold to show off Irish pride.
While there might not be a connection between St. Patrick and leprechauns and pots of gold, learning their Irish history is interesting. According to Irish lore, the leprechauns found gold left by Viking plunderers when the (to them) giants abandoned their land. To protect their treasure, they would bury their pots of gold. If you could find the end of a rainbow, you would stumble upon the gold. While this is a fun story, science tells us rainbows are actually circles, so good luck searching!
You might not find a pot of gold, but Provident would like to give you the chance to win a gold bar! Simply comment below, and let me know 
how you plan to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. One winner will randomly be chosen on March 17, 2017 to receive a 1 Gram Gold Bar from PAMP Suisse! Comments must be placed by March 16 at 11:59 PM.
Here’s hoping you have the luck of the Irish and enjoy a little bit o’ gold!
Happy Stacking!
-J
Who doesn’t want free gold?
Happy St Patrick’s Day!!!!!
Go to Key West Florida. To be with his family and enjoy St. Patrick’s Day festivities there. It is filled with a great influx of people from all over the world celebrating patties day.
Wear green. Attend the local parade. Maybe drink one green beer.
Partying at an Irish bar, drinking green beer with friends and family. The best thing to do St. Patty’s day!
May You give that small bar to me from PAMP…? Nice piece…
Corn beef, cabbage, a good stout & family!
I’ll be enjoying a homebrewed stout and playing some Nintendo with my drop dead gorgeous wife!
Hunting for treasures. May the pot of gold at the end of my rainbow, contain a 1 gram gold PAMP bar!
A Guinness with eggs, corned beef and potatoes for breakfast at the Auld Dubliner in Squaw Valley USA followed by a ski day looking for their magic leprechaun!
I plan on spending the day with my 7 yr. old grandson, trying to get him interested in coin collecting.
I’ll be celebrating with a gram of gold…. hopefully.
Unfortunately, I have to work. Boo!
I plan on family to gather for dinner. My mh park has an old fashion put luck dinner. We all gather and enjoy the meal and talk a nice way to spend the day.
Well on St Patrick’s I plan to enjoy some of my fav German brews, sorry guiness,with a good bar-b-q. Celebrating also because it is getting closer to Mar 30th, when we close on new house. Then the 31st is my B-day. So March is always a good monthe for me.Jeff
St. Patrick’s day I will be in the Middle East working and continue building upon that pot of gold we all been working towards!!
The wife and I will be celebrating at the local pub of course! A green light (almost water) beer for her and a Smithwicks for me!
I always have the leprechauns show up the night before for the kids and turn the milk green, put out a box of lucky charms and of course gold chocolate coins all over.
I of course play my bagpipes outside in the evening and feed my kids Irish Stew for dinner. It’s a great chance to commune with my ancestors.
“gold and silver”….a fabulous instrumental by Quicksilver Messanger Service.
LIFE IS AN ARTFORM
ART IS A LIFEFORM
I’ll be working so my coworker can enjoy a slice of the Irish.
Well happy St. Patrick’s Day! I’ve always felt lucky in life, maybe that’s the part Irish in me… but good luck to everyone! Thank you for having this contest!
Saint Patty’s Day? Oh yea, I’ll be enjoying at least one tall-boy of my all-time favourite beer: Murphy’s!
Happy St. Patrick’s Day Provident!
Starting Bright and early at 7am heading to the Dubliner Pub in Omaha NE and having some delicious Guinness and Lucky Charms, from there we will see what the day has in store.
Amen!
Great Story.
When it comes to family and friends any day is special but with the luck of the Irish on pattys day you can feel a little closer and besides l would rather be lucky then good any day Olpossum
By wearing my favorite green shirt!
celebrate St Patricks Day like a true leprechaun from Dublin NH counting the coins in my pot purchased from provident metals.
Yes counting my new coins and enjoying some green beer with family and friends. Eating some cabbage and cornedbeef by the fire pit and watching the kids play with the horses and the cows. Count your gold and dont lose it Bless Be to all and stack on.
Top o’ the mornin’ to ya. I plan to celebrate St. Patricks Dey by looking for the pot of gold on Oak Island!
Not really, but I thought it was a funny comment . . .
Please randomly select me for the PAMP!
PAMP ME UP! DOO EET!
Hmm… No sure how we will be spending St. Patrick’s Day. Might do a little ‘Hidden Treasure’ game with the kids this year. That would be fun.
There is some Irish magic that happens on St. Patrick’s Day that somehow allows me to drink a near unlimited amount of Guinness. Must come with the last name.
For the first time this year I plan to make my own corned beef instead of buying it store brought. Fingers crossed that the Irish luck continues and it turns out well.