Floats in tha St. Patrick’s Day Parade towered almost 30 feet In the air and had more than 20 people throwing beads, cabbages and other vegetables from them. & S*ttentcUn*ue«tt tfeedal ■ I ■ PHOTOS BY mattheW Waite — As is tradition in the quarter, a man drops his conveniently cropped pants as a plea for beads. The woman above him laughed and did not throw him his reward.