Friday, April 5, 2024

The New Yorker covers: March 18, 1933

In this day and age, we associate St. Patrick’s Day with “the wearing of the green” and predictably heavy beer sales. But the March 17 holiday originated as a religious holy day honoring a 5th-century Christian bishop who worked in Ireland.

William Steig
(covers untitled until February 1993)

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