By Jorge Romero Bernal 2-B

St Patricks Day
St. Patrick's Day honors St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Irish people celebrate
St. Patrick's Day on March 17th.

Who was St Patrick?

March 17th was not the day St. Patrick was born but the day
he died.
St. Patrick was born in Wales, studied religion and then went
to Ireland to teach the people about God.

How did the festivity begin?

The legends say that Saint Patrick drove
all the snakes out of Ireland. They all went
into the sea and drowned

This parade in Japan started in 1992 for the purpose of

introducing Ireland to Japanese

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But the one in New York City is actually one of the biggest. Two
Irish wolfhounds, the mascots of the New York National Guard
always start the parade. More than one hundred bands and a
hundred thousand marchers follow the wolfhounds in the
parade.

USA
In Chicago every year on St Patricks day the river is coloured
green.

There is an important parade too

HOW DOES IRISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE ST. PATRCIKS

DAY?
Ireland (Dublin)

Saint Patricks Day is usually

celebrated with a parade. The one
in Dublin, Ireland is known to some
as the Irish Mardi Gras.
There is irish music and typical
dances.

Although it began in Ireland, Saint Patricks Day is celebrated in

countries around the world.
People with Irish heritage
remind themselves of
the beautiful green
countryside of Ireland
by wearing green
and taking part
in the festivities.

They also have a hidden pot of

gold. If you catch one, you can
threaten to hurt him if he
doesn't tell you where the
treasure is. But, you must keep
your eyes on him every second.
If the leprechaun tricks you into
looking away, he will disappear.
Then you have no hope of
finding the treasure.

Green colour
Green is associated with
Saint Patrick's Day because
it is the colour of spring,
Ireland, and the shamrock.

ST PATRICKS SYMBOLS

St Patricks symbols
The shamrock
According to legend, Saint Patrick
used a shamrock to explain about
God. The shamrock, which looks like
clover, has three leaves. Saint Patrick
told the people that the shamrock
was like the idea of the Trinity that
in the one God there are three divine
beings: the Father, the Son and the
Holy Spirit. The shamrock was sacred
to the Druids, so Saint Patricks use of
it in explaining the trinity was very
wise.
Leprechauns

The stories about Leprechauns tell

how they are very clever little
creatures. They look like a small, old
man.
According to the stories,
leprechauns are unfriendly
and unsociable.
They live alone, and pass
the time making shoes
for the fairies.