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A Leprechaun is a mythical small person from Ireland, they are rainbow gold managers.
Hi, everybody! My name is Alisha, welcome back to Holiday Words. Today's holiday is St. Patrick's Day.
St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 14th and it is a very popular holiday in America, so let's learn a few words about it.
Irish Americans
So st. Patrick's Day comes from Ireland, and people from Ireland are called Irish people.
Irish-Americans, therefore, are people whose families came from Ireland to America, and now they live in America. So St. Patrick's Day may be an important holiday for Irish Americans. But America is unique in that sense that people from other countries come and become American, but maintain their original nationality in their original cultures, heritage as well.
To pinch
Ok, so the next word on the list for today is “to pinch”.
To pinch, this seems like a very strange word, this is a verb but the reason to pinch is on our list today is because the rule is, at least depending on the people that you're surrounded by, if you are not wearing green people are allowed to pinch you. So a pinch is usually just a small, this motion with your fingers. If you are wearing green I think there's a rule, isn't it? Oh my gosh! Look at what we've found! A rule! A set of rules! Look how long this is! Rule number 1, must be wearing green in your clothes, not including green nail polish, green hair barrettes, and green stars are all examples of things that do not count; “do not” is in capital letters here. Thus, you will be pinched. Generally wear green or get pinched, these are your two options.
St. Patrick's Day Parade
The next item on our list is a St. Patrick's Day parade, so we like to do parades for holidays and events in America, St. Patrick's Day is one such example.
One thing you may see in a st. Patrick's Day Parade is bagpipes, bagpipes are traditional instrument.
Guinness
The next word is Guinness. Guinness is a very popular, very well known beer all around the world. Guinness is a stout beer. I love Guinness. Guinness is from Ireland, and it is one of the drinks that is commonly associated with the St. Patrick's Day, because it is so famous everybody is aware of Guinness.
Let's have a pint of Guinness together on St. Patrick's Day this year.
Okay, so that's all about St. Patrick's Day. I hope that you found some interesting information in this video, and be careful, make sure you wear green on St. Patrick's Day, otherwise you might get pinched. And please if you enjoyed this video make sure to hit the subscribe button somewhere around here, we always have a bunch of buttons. So please please please make sure to subscribe to our channel so you don't miss anything interesting as it comes out. Thanks very much for watching, and we'll see you again soon, bye!

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