SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

 

On March 17th , the Irish Catholic celebrate the day of their patron SAINT PATRICK. It was the date in which this religious man died .It’s an official feast in Ireland & outsite where the Irish get dressed in green and participate in parades.

DID YOU KNOW THAT………..?

St. Patrick banishes all snakes from Ireland

The absence of SNAKES in Ireland gave rise to the legend that they had all been banished by St. Patrick chasing them into the sea after they attacked him during a 40-day fast he was undertaking on top of a hill. This hagiographic theme draws on the Biblical account of the staff of the prophet MOSES Moses and Aaron use their staffs in their struggle with Pharaoh’s sorcerers, the staffs of each side morphing into snakes. Aaron’s snake-staff prevails by consuming the other snakes.

The shamrock is the symbol of Ireland.WHY?

The three-leaves shamrock is the emblem of Christianity .It means

FATHER ,SON and HOLLY SPIRIT

 

St. Patrick’s walking stick grows into a living tree

During his evangelising journey back to Ireland , he is understood to have carried with him an ash wood walking stick or staff. He thrust this stick into the ground wherever he was evangelising and at the place the message of the dogma took so long to get through to the people there that the stick had taken root by the time he was ready to move on.

WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IRELAND?

– The capital of Ireland is 1……………. called the Emerald city because

of its colour.. 2……………….. the same colour of this precious stone.

 

-The typical drink is the 3…………. which is a 4………………..

 

-According to the legend , the 5…………………….. is a green elf who lives in the Irish 6……………. .Whoever can see this little man ,He /She will have good 7……………… for the rest of the life.

 

Keys:

1-DUBLIN 2-GREEN 3-GUINESS 4-BLACK BEER 5-LEPRECHAUN 6-FIELD 7-LUCK

 

HAVE A GREAT SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

by Mª Angeles Becerro