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Antonella Del Valle Martínez Gil - Saint Patrick's Day Activities 5th Grade

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It originated as a religious feast day in Ireland but is now celebrated worldwide with parades, wearing of green, and other festivities focused on Irish culture. Some of the symbols of Ireland prominently featured in celebrations include the shamrock, harp, leprechauns said to guard pots of gold at the end of rainbows.

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Antonella Del Valle Martínez Gil - Saint Patrick's Day Activities 5th Grade

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17th to honor St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. It originated as a religious feast day in Ireland but is now celebrated worldwide with parades, wearing of green, and other festivities focused on Irish culture. Some of the symbols of Ireland prominently featured in celebrations include the shamrock, harp, leprechauns said to guard pots of gold at the end of rainbows.

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Teacher: María Alejandra Campos R.

Student: ________________________________. 5th Grade _____________.

Many cities have a St. Patrick’s Day parade.


St. Patrick’s Day is observed on
March 17 because that is the feast day
Dublin, the capital of Ireland, has a huge St.
of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Patrick’s Day festival from March 15-19 that features
Ireland. It is believed that he died on a parade, family carnivals, treasure hunt, dance,
March 17 in the year 461 AD. It is also theatre and more. In North America, parades are
a worldwide celebration of Irish culture often held on the Sunday before March 17. Some
and history. St. Patrick’s Day is a paint the yellow street lines green for the day! In
national holiday in Ireland and a Chicago, the Chicago River is dyed green with a
provincial holiday in the Canadian special dye that only lasts a few hours. There has
province of Newfoundland and been a St. Patrick’s Day parade in Boston,
Labrador.
Massachusetts since 1737. Montreal is home to
Canada’s longest running St. Patrick’s Day parade,
which began in 1824.
St. Patrick was born in 385 AD
somewhere along the west coast of
Britain. At age 16, he was captured The harp and the
In Ireland on St. Patrick’s
and sold into slavery to a sheep shamrock are symbols
Day, people traditionally wear
farmer. He escaped when he was of Ireland. The colour
a small bunch of shamrocks
22 and spent the next 12 years in a green is also commonly
on their jackets or caps.
monastery. In his 30s he returned associated with Ireland,
Children wear orange, white
to Ireland as a Christian which is also known as
and green badges, and
missionary. According to legend St. “the Emerald Isle.”
women and girls wear green
Patrick drove the snakes out of ribbons in their hair.
Ireland. He died at Saul in 461 AD
and is buried at Downpatrick.

The Irish flag is green,


A leprechaun (lep' rah kahn) white and orange. The
Some American towns have is a mythical Irish elf or fairy. green symbolizes the
“Irish” names. You could visit: A leprechaun is a small man people of the south, and
Mount Gay-Shamrock, West less than 24 inches (610 mm) orange, the people of the
Virginia; Shamrock Lakes, in height with thick, wiry red north. White represents
Indiana; Shamrock, Oklahoma; hair. All leprechauns wear the peace that brings them
Shamrock, Texas; Dublin, shiny black leather shoes with together as a nation.
California and Dublin, Ohio. silver buckles, as they are
excellent cobblers or
shoemakers. According to
legend each leprechaun guards a
36 million Americans have Irish pot of gold which is kept at the
ancestry, according to the 2008 US end of a rainbow.
Census. That’s almost nine times the
population of Ireland, which has 4.1
million people.
Based on the reading text are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?
Correct any false statements.

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

2. St. Patrick was Irish.

3. St. Patrick got rid of the snakes in Ireland.

4. Dublin, Ireland has a St. Patrick’s Day festival from March 15-19.

5. A leprechaun is a male fairy.

6. The number of Americans of Irish ancestry is equal to the population of

Ireland.

7. According to legend leprechauns keep their pot of gold at the end of a

rainbow.

8. Another name for Ireland is the Sapphire Isle.

9. The green in the Irish flag represents the people of the north, and orange

the people of the south.

10. There are American cities named Dublin in California and Ohio.
Match the pictures and the words.

SHAMROCK
1
2

IRISH TOP HAT

HARP
3
4
BEER

POT OF GOLD

5 6
POT OF SHAMROCKS

ST PATRICK’S DAY HAT

7 8
RAINBOW

HORSESHOE

CROSS

10
COINS
00

LEPRECHAUN

11 12

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