St Patrick’s Day

1st March.

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Saint Patrick

is the patron saint of…
A. Wales
B. Scotland
C. Ireland

people wear…
A. green clothes

B. red clothes

C. black clothes

town on 17th March and you’ll see a strange sight:

people dressed in green, wearing a three-leaved clover – the shamrock – on their lapels and marching in parades.
What is all about?
It’s St. Patrick’s Day, of course!

Ireland. He was probably born in Wales in about AD

385 and died in 461 on 17th March, and that’s why this feast day is celebrated on this day.

over the world
Irish people all over the world celebrate St.

Patrick’s day and big parades take place in New York, Chicago and Boston in the USA because lots of Irish people live there. Large floats, decorated with harps, shamrocks, Irish flags and anything green, wind their way along the main streets while the crowds on either side cheer them on. In Dublin, the capital city of Ireland, there is a huge firework display in the evening and fun and games for kids.

of Ireland and this festival takes place in the spring

when plants are just beginning to grow. Green is also the color of the shamrock, the special symbol associated with St. Patrick.

So, next 17th March, why not put on some green clothes, pin a shamrock on your lapel and join in the biggest party in the Irish calendar – St. Patrick’s Day!

or false (F) or doesn’t say (DS).

People wear shamrocks

on their hats.

St. Patrick’s Day marks the death of St. Patrick.

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated only in Ireland.

green clothes.

5. There are things for both adults and children

to do on St. Patrick’s Day.

6. The shamrock was St. Patrick’s favourite plant.

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