St. Paddy's Day Lying Game—Part Two

commonly associated with St. Patrick's Day, inspired by a Seattle Post-Intelligencer article and a webpage devoted to St. Patrick's Day. Some of them were true—some, not so much. Today, we're sharing the answers. How many did you get right?

1) FALSE—The beer industry makes 1 percent of its revenue on March 17.

2) TRUE—(I was tempted to misspell the word "slainte" to throw you all off, but I figured that would be too complicated.

3) TRUE—St. Patrick was born in Britain.

4) FALSE—The first St. Patrick's Day parades were held around the time of the Revolutionary War, not World War II.

5) TRUE—St. Patrick's day was originally associated with the color blue. Wearing green was an American invention (which turns out well for us, because it makes St. Paddy's Day look like a Patch holiday.)

6) TRUE—The pinching tradition comes from an Irish legend that wearing green makes people invisible to leprechauns, who would pinch people not wearing green. (I know. Sounds like I made it up, right?)

7) FALSE—There are two theories about this. One is that St. Patrick used shamrocks to teach Christianity—one leaf for each part of the Holy Trinity. The other is that the Irish are just fond of the plants.

8) FALSE—"Drowning The Shamrock" is a custom of floating a shamrock on the top of whiskey before drinking it. The Irish reportedly believe that you will have a prosperous year if you keep that tradition.

9) FALSE—Actually, the very first St. Patrick's Day Parade was in Boston.

10) TRUE—Former Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley is of Irish descent.