Celebrate Saint Patrick's Day in the low country! Join in the fun at the Saint Patty's Day parade on King Street.

Visit About.com's Guide to Ireland for Visitors for great information about St. Patrick and St. Patrick's Day traditions and celebrations in Ireland and around the world.

About 4000 years ago, it was the accepted practice in Babylonia that for a month after the wedding, the bride's father would supply his son-in-law with all the mead he could drink. Mead is a honey beer, and because their calender was lunar based, this period was called the "honey month" or what we know to day as the "Honey moon".

Before invention of the thermometer, brewers used to check the temperature by dipping their thumb, to find whether appropriate for adding Yeast. Too hot, the yeast would die. This is where we get the phrase " The Rule of the Thumb".

In English pubs, ale is ordered by pints and quarts. So in old England, when customers got unruly, the bartender used to yell at themto mind their own pints and quarts and settle down. From where we get "mind your own P's and Q's".

After consuming a vibrant brew called Aul or Ale, the Vikings would go fearlessly to the battlefield, without their armour, or even their shirts. The "Berserk" means "bear shirt" in norse, and eventually to the meaning of wild battles.

Way down in 1740, the Admiral Veron of the British fleet decided to water down the navy's rum, which naturally, the sailors weren't pleased with. They nicknamed the Admiral Old Grog, after the still stiff grogram coats he used to wear. The term grog soon began to mean the watered down drink itself. When you are drunk on this this grog, you are "groggy", a word still in use.

Long ago in England, pub frequenters had a whistle baked into the rim of their beer mugs or ceremic/glass cups. The whistle was used to order services. Thus we get the phrase, "wet your whistle".

3/14/08 - 04/12/08
61st Annual Spring Festival of Houses and Gardens

The festival will showcase six decades of the historic city's accomplishments as a national leader in preservation.

03/14/08 - 03/16/08
2008 Charleston International Antiques Show

Experience first-hand some of the nation's most impressive antiques!

03/17/08 Saint Patrick's Day Celebration Parade on King St

03/22/08 Easter EGGstravaganza
11:00 amto1:00 pm

The City of Charleston's largest egg hunt takes place on Saturday, March 22, 2008! Bring your children (ages 1-12) to Hampton Park every year on the Saturday before Easter, from 11 - 1pm for a magic show, visit from the Easter Bunny, an egg hunt, activity stations, games, prizes, jump castles, snacks, refreshments, and more.

03/25/08 - 03/29/08 Charleston Fashion Week
Charleston magazine presents a five night celebration of fashion. Following a successful inaugural year in 2007, Charleston Magazine presents Charleston Fashion Week 2008, featuring high-profile guests, more shows and after parties, signature merchandise, a new runway design and more in celebration of the vibrant retail and design community of Charleston.
www.charlestonfashionweek.com

04/05/08 Cooper River Bridge Run!!
www.bridgerun.com