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 According to historical documents, Patrick used a shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish people.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
With a pint or two of Guinness
Spend the day at home with family!
I will celebrate drinking Jameson. My mother side is from Ireland. I am sure there is a pot of gold buried somewhere in Ireland !!!
I shall be attending st party’s parade with my beautiful wife then visiting a few bars for appetizers and beer. Then going back to my house to have dinner with my in laws that are here from Spain. They are here for a few months to help out while my wife goes through hopefully her last surgery due to cancer. If all goes well with some luck of the Irish. The wind will be back in our sails. Happy st Patrick’s day to everyone
I would love to win this one ounce bar. I’m trying to get my oldest son in to collect in precious metal and coins. And this would show him that good things come to people that research and take the time put in precious metals and coins aside. It would be a huge addition to my collection
My wife and I will be flying up to see her 93 yr old grandfather, Jim Sullivan (bastardized from O’Sullivan when his parents came over from Ireland). His nickname is “Grumps” as he’s a stereotypical old grumpy Boston Irishman. He loves this holiday though and always has Ireland’s flag proudly flying at his home. Slainte!
Corned beef and cabbage with an ice cold green beer.
I will be celebrating life, made it through brain and breast cancer and the loss of my leg. I will be toasting with green beer!!!!
I will be drinking green beer, eating corn beef and cabbage. Then I will go to the wonderful town of O’Neill, Nebraska and celebrate St. Patty’s day in style with their city fun run and all their planned activities!! A person has to love being Irish, like I do!!!!
Do some gambling at the slot machines and drink some green beer.
I will be eating corned beef and at Sullivan!
I will be spending time with family and friends and enjoying some good food and drinks.
Roses are Green, Violets are Green, if I don’t win this contest, I will be busting my spleen!.
There’s gold out there I tell you, gold ! If I can’t find it digging in the ground or finding it in the streams which I haven’t done ether, I ‘ll try entering a contest and try my luck there. Good luck to me and others !
My mother’s birthday is on the 15th of March and I will be visiting her that week, so we will probably go out on St Patty’s Day and drink some green beer and take a few moments to drink to her mother (O’Sullivan) and grand-mother (Kearney) both born in Ireland. When I get back home I think I will make John Evanoff’s (another commentor) Irish stew. Sounds yummy!
I will be looking for deals online for gold and silver.
I will be celebrating St. Patrick’s day the only way I’ve known how for the past 5 years: by celebrating the birth of my twin sons. They were born prematurely on March 17, 2012, and we gratefully celebrate the fact that they have both survived and thrived. Now, a short 5 years later, they are little boys through and through seizing every opportunity to climb a tree, play in the mud, terrorize their older sister and brother, etc. Happy St. Patrick’s Day, and Happy Birthday K and L!
I will be working the night shift. All the celebrating will be over by the time I get my day going.
well, being single again, I will probably not be wearing green on st patrick’s day in hopes that some cute lass will notice and give me a pinch:). hey, it worked in high school. so here’s to hoping it might work again!:)
We will be enjoying corn beef and cabbage with Guinness and Jameson, Irish music and friends,,,!
I’ll be going to an Irish pub :).
I will happily sit there with my pot of gold and my belly full and dont forget my green for fhe pinchers hehe.
guiness & beef n cabbage!
Green beer. Green cabbage. Woohoo
I will be eating some Ruben sandwichs won’t be drinking much because I will have to work that day. I’ll also be taking the kids to the St.Paddys day parade the weekend before. I’ll also be taking the kids to tip hill in Syracuse NY to show them the only stop light in the country that the green light is on top and the red light is on the bottom. The Irish didn’t want the red light color of the British above the green color of the Irish go ahead google it if you want. Have a fun and safe St.paddys day!!
I’ll be working, then later, reading a short story in If The River Was Whiskey by fellow Irish American T. C. Boyle. After that my dear wife will have corned beef, cabbage, and potatoes for me and my son if we can get a dispensation from our pastor as it’s a Friday in Lent. And then it will be time for a Guinness or two at the Knights of Columbus social room. Slainte!
Top o’ the morning to you! I will wear green on St. Patty’s Day, and as I do not drink spirits, I will raise a cup of Irish Breakfast tea in honor of the lucky Irish! Two years ago a rainbow seemed to end in the field behind our house. But it disappeared before I could get out to see if there really is a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow! I guess I will never know for sure. May the luck of the Irish and the leprechauns be with you and yours this St. Patrick’s Day!
Green eggs in the morning….
Green beer in the evening….
If you be so fortunate as to meet one of the Little People in the Eire on St. Patricks Day, and they stay long enough to say where they got their Pot-O-Gold, sure the answer would be ProvidentMetals.com. Ah, but don’t look away for a second or they and their gold will be gone. A pint and a sharp eye, I intend to keep.
I will be eating cabbage and corned beef with my family.