St. Patrick's Day's first green beer has an unsettling history
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It’s customary on St. Patrick’s Day to not just celebrate with a beer, but to have a drink that’s been dyed green.
The tradition of drinking green beer was started by a man named Dr. Thomas Hayes Curtin in 1914, Irish Central reports. Curtin, an Irish immigrant, worked professionally as a coroner in New York City at the time. According to the story, he first unveiled his green beer at the Bronx social club. A witness reportedly said that when the beer was unveiled, everything at the club was decorated green and that Irish songs were sung. The only thing that wasn’t green, apparently, was the glass the beer was served in.More Related News