March 16 is Saint Urho's Day

What do grasshoppers, grapes, and Finns have to do with one another?

Many decades ago a Finnish-American in Minnesota, named Richard Mattson, was working at Ketola’s Department Store in Virginia, Minnesota. It was here that a piece of Finnish-American folklore found its beginnings.

Richard’s coworker, Gene McCavic had a lot of questions. He began to badger Richard, asking “Why do the Finnish not have a an equivalent to the Irish Saint Patrick?”