St. Patrick’s Day Postcards: Pot o’ Gold at the End of the Rainbow?

You might need the luck of a four-leaf clover to find St. Patrick's Day postcards.  Similar to Halloween postcards, these are a rare find for collectors.  Well-known for their St. Patrick's Day postcards, Ellen Clapsaddle and Frances Brundage creations are captivating and unique, to say the least.  These early 1900 pieces of art primarily featured children, as seen here.  The image of the vintage stamp of St. Patrick is also pictured here.  St. Patrick's death on March 17, 461 celebrates the extraordinary life of this once nonbeliever.  Though there are many legends about St. Patrick, the most notable is his accomplishment of banishing the snakes from Ireland.  The image shown on the stamp represents him doing just that by standing on the snakes.  Another legend of St. Patrick is that he used the shamrock, the symbol of St. Patrick's Day, to teach the holy trinity, The Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, as one.  The three-leaf clover grows all over Ireland.  Maybe embark upon a new tradition for St. Patrick's Day this year and take a trip to your local used bookstore and shuffle through the old postcard boxes to see if you can find one of these treasures...find your pot of gold without the help of a leprechaun!