Weekly Cantonese: be1 jat1 be1 每週廣東話：啤一啤

be1 jat1 be1
每週廣東話：啤一啤

啤 beer be1
一 one jat1
啤 beer be1
meaning : grab a pint
意思：聚會時輕鬆飲啲啤酒

🇮🇪 St. Patrick's Day is Here!

☘️ Are you planning to watch the parade, enjoy a performance, or grab a pint🍻 with friends?
Drinking on this holiday is common now, but did you know that St. Patrick's Day was once considered alcohol-free due to its religious nature? This tradition didn’t change until the 20th century.
Here are a few interesting facts about St. Patrick's Day:
☘️ St. Patrick Wasn't Irish, He Was Welsh. St. Patrick was born in Wales, not Ireland. He went to Ireland as a missionary but later escaped and returned to England.
☘️ The First Parade Was in New York City in the 1760s.The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in the 1760s, organized by Irish soldiers serving in the British army, after many Irish immigrants arrived in New York.
☘️ Corned Beef and Cabbage Is a Tradition. Irish immigrants in America started eating corned beef with cabbage to celebrate their culture, as it was an affordable dish at the time.

🇮🇪 一年一度嘅聖派翠克節又到啦！

☘️大家會唔會去睇巡遊、歌舞表演湊熱鬧，或者同三五知己去酒吧🍻啤一啤慶祝？
飲酒慶祝節日好平常，但原來最初因為宗教性質，聖派翠克節曾經被視為一個唔飲酒嘅節日，係直到20世紀先改變呢個傳統。
以下仲有幾個聖派翠克節嘅小知識，唔知大家本身又知唔知呢？
☘️ 其實聖派翠克唔係愛爾蘭人，而係來自威爾斯。佢曾經作為傳教士留喺愛爾蘭，但後來逃返去英格蘭。
☘️ 第一場聖派翠克節遊行係1760年代紐約市舉行嘅，因為嗰陣好多愛爾蘭人移民去紐約，呢場遊行係由當時服役於英國軍隊嘅愛爾蘭士兵發起。
☘️ 鹹牛肉配椰菜是聖派翠克日的代表菜餚，因為愛爾蘭移民為咗紀念佢哋嘅文化，最初佢哋喺美國會奢侈咁食鹹牛肉，配薯仔同最平嘅蔬菜——椰菜。