March 17, 2004

St. Patrick's Day

St. Patrick Do you realize that google only has approximately 1.25 million pages on St. Patrick's Day? Is this is a record for a Saint? St. Valentine's Day only had 745 thousand. St. Martin's Day (Nov 11th) had 229 thousand.
Mar 17, 2004 3:09:17 PM | Fun

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