Asandei Alessia

10 A

Fill in the blanks below with words from this box:

Celebration Saint slave
monastery born angel
Ireland dye green
legend captured eye
ribbons snakes miracles
fairy pinched parades
tricky mischief shamrocks
vanish pot of gold

St. Patrick’s Day

St. Patrick’s Day is a ___celebration____________ honoring Saint Patrick. People wear
______green______ colored clothing and some women wear green _____ribbons_______ in their
hair. People who don’t wear green clothing get ___pinched____________ as a punishment.
People also wear ____sharmrocks__________, which are a symbol of Ireland. As well, there are
_____parades_______ on the streets and sometimes people _____dye_________ the rivers green.

Saint Patrick
___Saint_________ Patrick is the patron saint of ___Ireland___________. According to
_____legend________, Saint Patrick was ____born__________ in Britain and then
______captured_________ by pirates and sold as a ____slave___________ in Ireland. He
escaped with the help of an __angel___________ and then lived in a _____monastery_______ for
twelve years before going back to Ireland. When he returned to Ireland he performed many
________miracles______. According to one myth, Saint Patrick got rid of all of the
_____snakes___________ in Ireland.
Asandei Alessia
10 A

Leprechauns
A leprechaun is an Irish __fairy__________. They are very
_____tricky_______ and like to make __mischief____________.
If you catch a leprechaun, they can tell you where a ____pot of
gold_______________ is. But be careful, If you take your
______eyes______ off of them for an instant, they
_______vanish__________.