Happy St Patrick's Day

A few fascinating facts about St Patrick ...

- He was born in Britain,

- He took a very dim view of short measures of whiskey. After being served one, St Patrick was said to have proclaimed that everyone should have a drop of the "hard stuff" on his feast day.

-Of course 17th March is a holiday in Ireland. But did you know that it is also one on Montserrat and in Newfoundland?

- The biggest St Patrick's day parade is held in New York, while the largest celebration in the southern hemisphere is in Sydney, Australia.

There you go. Wherever you are, I hope that St Patrick's day has been a good one for you. And may the roof above you never fall in, and may friends beneath it never fall out.