Following is a transcript of the video. Halloween is known for clever costumes and candy. But those customs are a callback to centuries of past traditions. 2,000 years ago, Celtic pagans held a ...

Monday, March 17 is St. Patrick's Day, celebrating all things Irish in the U.S. and around the world. Cities celebrate with parades, bar crawls and more.

As mentioned, Ireland is where Halloween truly began. In fact, the word is a shortened form in Scottish of the English expression All Hallows' Even, meaning 'Eve of All Saints'. Irish immigrants ...