Can someone explain..

[hel_ana]

this pinching thing to me?

I've seen a couple of references to it, but it's just not something I've ever heard of before.

Comments

As was explained to me...

[singingwolf.livejournal.com]

Wearing green honors Podraig (St Patrick) who drove the "snakes" out of Ireland.

Not wearing green on his day, means that you get a symbolic "snake bite"... hence the pinch.

Or... as critus pointed out... it's just an excuse to pinch someone. *grin*

Re: As was explained to me...

[hel_ana]

interesting

my family's irish. Well, my mother's side. I've *never* heard of this.

And when I say "Irish", I don't mean "one irish ancestor 80 years ago".. my mother's maiden name is Kelly.. she's second or third gen Canadian, and her family settled in a town called Lucan, chiefly famous for the Donnelly feud.

I wonder if it's actually a culturally American or southern thing. Has anyone *not* from Florida heard of this?