st davids day
Definition
St. David's Day, observed on March 1, is the national day of Wales commemorating Saint David, the country's patron saint.
Celebrations typically include parades, wearing traditional Welsh costumes, and displaying national emblems like the daffodil or leek.
It honors the 6th-century bishop known for his ascetic life and miracles, such as making the ground rise beneath him during a sermon.
Examples
On St David's Day, my Welsh uncle pins a leek to his jacket and lectures everyone on bilingual puns until the pub closes.
She celebrated St David's Day by dyeing her hair daffodil yellow, claiming it was the most floral rebellion since the leeks of old.
Forget Valentine's; St David's Day is when Cardiff turns into a sea of top hats and leeks, proving Wales knows how to party with vegetables.
He attempted a St David's Day speech in Welsh, but mostly just growled like a leek with laryngitis.