Saint Urho’s Day is a whimsical holiday. I was told by a few people that it is strictly an American holiday as the Finns in the homeland have no clue about it.

You've heard of St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland, but how about St. Urho driving the grasshoppers out of Finland?

Northlandia: Finland keeps Urho celebration hopping along The pageant started in 1976 as a community celebration of American and Finnish heritage with the country's bicentennial.

St. Urho's Day celebration to focus on Finnish heritage, family, fun The theme for Finland's festivities is "St. Urho 23 and Me." Floats in the parade Saturday will incorporate the theme.

In Finland, Minnesota, the community celebrated St. Urho’s Day on Saturday, March 16th. The celebration highlighted the fictional saint who chased grasshoppers out of Finland and saved the grape ...

FITCHBURG — The community is welcome to celebrate the fictional saint — St. Urho — who is said to have driven the grasshoppers out of Finland to save the grape crop, with a dinner and dance ...

Be sure to wear purple and green on Sunday as another beloved Butte tradition is St. Urho’s Day, which, without fail, falls one day prior to St. Patrick’s Day. The legendary St. Urho, who ...

It's that time of year to unfurl your best purple and green attire or costume and join St. Urho for the annual sidewalk parade and celebration of St. Urho's Day.

Answer: St. Urho’s Day. It honors St. Urho, who drove the frogs (or was it grasshoppers?) from Finland to save the grapes and also wine—except none of that is true.

Quiz your friends and family with fun and interesting facts about St. Patrick's Day history. Print out these questions and answers for a March 17 trivia night.