Why do people wear green on Saint Patricks Day?
The reason Irish people wear green was that just before the 1798 Rebellion in Ireland if you wore a shamrock in your hat it signified your support for the Rebellion. Hence the saying “the wearing of the green”. Green was also the colour of “Society of United Irishmen”, a republician revoluntionary organisation. This organisation launched the 1798 Rebellion and may I add that the forefathers/founders of this Organisation, despite public misconception were a mixture of Presbyterians, Church of Ireland and Catholics.
