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 According to historical documents, Patrick used a shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish people.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
I will be sitting at a ballpark watching spring training baseball eating peanuts, hot dogs and drinking a few beers and hopefully not getting too sun burned.
I have a big family and with children I am greatly blessed, so I hope to do our daily Bible reading with them and enjoy our dinner.money is always tight but I’m so thankful for my beautiful children, my beautiful wife, and a God who loves me!happy st. Patrick’s!
I will be celebrating the best way possible. Spending the day in green attire with my handsome 4 and 5 yr old sons.
At home researching my Irish family tree.
I may not be Irish but it is a lucky day for me. That was the date I met my wife, almost 42 years ago now. Definitely a good day for me.
I’ll be drinking some irish whiskey and making a shillelagh.
Taking my dogs to Boot Lake Nature Preserve …. in search of that Pot of Gold. Wish us Luck! 🙂
Irish on my dad’s mom’s side, since I don’t drink any more, what better way to celebrate than some gold without following that dang leprechaun who never led me to anything but South Bend, IN or Lucky Charms!
I have a Saint Patrick’s Day Tradition of watching An Episode of Moonlighting about an Irish Woman who hires David and Maddie claiming to be a leprechaun. They do find a pot of gold, however, it turns out it was a pot of gold her father stole in Ireland, smuggled over to The States, and, then buried it LA in The States, with a map he left for her. The young woman was always told by her father that she was a leprechaun, and, being a naïve lass, has gone through life thinking her dad was a hero, and, that she had a special gift. There is a happy ending where she allows David and Maddie to “capture” her, and renounce her powers as a leprechaun, the pot of gold is returned to where it was stolen in Ireland, and, the young lady flies back to Ireland, free from the burden of being a leprechaun, and, ready to lead the life of a normal woman.
Corned Beef & Cabbage-Oh Yea!!!
Celebrating with the wife and kids 🙂 We’re having leprechauns visit, leaving little pots of chocolate gold coins and little 1/10 oz sliver rounds.
Celebrating at home with my wife and kiddo. Happy to be home for holiday with my own “pot o’ gold’.
I plan on wearing green and partying with my family.
Spending time with family and enjoying the festivities! And have a good Ole pint of Guiness.
My celebration will consist of green beer and shots of Jameson to not only celebrate Saint Patty’s day but my Brother’s Dirty 30th Birthday!
I’ll be spending it counting my gold. Let’s see… one gram PAMP Suisse gold bar just won… umm… uhh… well, that’ll be it. 🙂 Okay, so it won’t take very long to count my gold, so I guess I’ll have to continue the celebration with a nice, cold, Guinness Stout! Mmmm…
Will be working
Drinking a shamrock shake lol
Culture holidays are always a good excuse, yes to drink beer & spirits
but also to learn the Culinary Arts, that’s fun to me .
I will spend it with my entire body spray painted green while running around screaming, where are my lucky charms
I will be seeing if the kids caught a leprechaun in their traps and what kind of tricks they may play on them throughout the day.
I will be spending it by shopping Provident for more stacking.
I will be spending time with my family and friends enjoying Irish festivities in St Paul, MN.
I’m going to be Irish for a day!
Sippin corned beef and cabbage, and making whiskey……strike that, reverse it.
Looking for Rainbows and Searching for Pots of Gold
California is green! The hills are delicious green!! No longer yellow dry dead grass everywhere! So I think I will head for the hills and seek the California Gold..blue skies white puffy clouds and gorgeous green grass and wild flowers coming going way yeppi I’m rich!
Most likely working
I will be sorting my coin collection.
Meeting with our tax preparer…who’s Irish!