St. Patrick’s Day —

pinch |pin ch |

verb [ trans. ]

1 grip (the skin of someone’s body) tightly and sharply between finger and thumb.

• grip the skin of a part of the body of (someone) in such a way : Rosa pinched her hard.

noun

1 an act of gripping the skin of someone’s body between finger and thumb : he gave her a gentle pinch.

Pretty sure that there will be a lot of pinching going on today, that is if you are not wearing Green. Where does this little custom come from? Momentarily I am going to draw my little green clover on the top of my hand, although I am wearing a shade of green its just not that bright fresh grass colored green and I surely would like to avoid any pinching.  

Here are a few links on the History of St. Patrick’s Day, its tradition and why we really celebrate this Holiday and where the traditions of wearing Green and pinching really started, happy reading:

Saint Patrick’s Day

Saint Patrick’s Day March 17th, Wearing Green an American thing…