Folk tales, superstitions follow the Irish
Most Americans view St. Patrick's Day as the day on which everyone is supposed to wear green or risk getting pinched.
But many people don't know what's behind the superstition and other symbols associated with the Irish such as leprechauns, shamrocks and fairies.
The luck of the Irish is legendary, as are many of the popular ways about how to either harness or scare off good fortune.
The story about the leprechaun and the pot of gold "that you eventually get cheated out of" is probably the best-known folk tale that persists in the culture, said Eddie Holland, a musician of Irish ancestry who has performed with San Patricios, a band that performs traditional Irish music, for six years.
"Another one is the existence of mystical people known as fairies and how you must try not to upset them," Holland said.
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