生机盎然的酢浆草和红杉树，美国大草原溪红杉州立公园 Coastal redwoods and wood sorrel, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California (© Jack Dykinga/Minden Pictures)

生机盎然的酢浆草和红杉树，美国大草原溪红杉州立公园 Coastal redwoods and wood sorrel, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park, California (© Jack Dykinga/Minden Pictures)

有四叶草吗？ Any with four leaves?

St. Patrick's Day

Ireland has been called the land of '40 shades of green,' but this green leprechaun's-eye view comes from the feet of California's giant sequoias. Today we celebrate St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, who famously never traveled to California. St. Patrick is often depicted holding a shamrock, which he purportedly used to spread Christianity in Ireland by saying the leaves illustrated the Father, Son, and the Holy Spirit of the Holy Trinity. Never mind that Celtic druids had revered the sacred shamrock and its three leaves long before Patrick's arrival. Coins depicting St. Patrick with a shamrock date back as far as 1675.

Legends of St. Patrick abound. For example, he's said to have driven the snakes out of Ireland, but most experts would suggest it was the cool, damp weather that kept the serpents from ever arriving there in the first place. Tradition has it that he died on March 17 of the year 461 CE, and one can only assume that a year later the first green beer was served.

Whether you find yourself in Dublin, the California coast, or any point in between today, we leave you with a traditional Irish toast: 'May your glass be ever full. May the roof over your head be always strong. And may you be in heaven half an hour before the devil knows you're dead.'

圣帕特里克节

爱尔兰被称为“40种绿荫之地”，但这张绿色小妖精的视线来自加利福尼亚州巨大红杉的脚下。今天，我们庆祝爱尔兰的守护神圣帕特里克，他以从未去过加利福尼亚而闻名。圣帕特里克经常被描绘成手持三叶草，据说他用三叶草在爱尔兰传播基督教，说三叶草描绘了圣父、圣子和三位一体的圣灵。在帕特里克到来之前很久，凯尔特德鲁伊就已经崇敬了神圣的三叶草和它的三片叶子。描绘圣帕特里克和三叶草的硬币可以追溯到1675年。

圣帕特里克的传说比比皆是。例如，据说他把蛇赶出了爱尔兰，但大多数专家认为，正是凉爽潮湿的天气阻止了蛇从一开始就到达那里。按照传统，他于公元461年3月17日去世，人们只能假设一年后，第一瓶绿色啤酒出现了。

无论你是在都柏林、加利福尼亚海岸，还是在这两者之间的任何时刻，我们都会给你一个传统的爱尔兰祝酒词：“愿你的酒杯永远充满。”。愿你头上的屋顶永远坚固。愿你在魔鬼知道你死前半小时就到了天堂。