St Patricks Day is celebrated on March 17

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, the saint's religious feast day and the anniversary of his death in the fifth century. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1, 000 years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon.

Saint Patrick, who lived during the fifth century, is the patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland at the age of 16. He later escaped, but returned to Ireland was credited with bringing Christianity to its people.

In the centuries following Patrick's death (believed to have been on March 17, 461), the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well known legend is that he explained the Holy Trinity using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock.

Since around the ninth or 10 th century, people in Ireland have been observing the Roman Catholic feast day of St. Patrick on March 17. Interestingly, however, the first parade held to honor St. Patrick's Day took place not in Ireland but in the United States. On March 17, 1762, Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City.

Today, people of all backgrounds celebrate St. Patrick's Day, especially throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated in many other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore and Russia.

Today, approximately 1 million people annually take part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions and fireworks shows.

ST. PATRICK’S QUIZZ

OF WHICH country IS St. Patrick A PATRON SAINT? A. Ireland B. C. Germany Wales D. Scotland

St. Patrick was born in what country? A. Ireland C. England B. Wales D. Scotland

HOW MANY LEAVES DOES A SHAMROCK HAVE? A. 5 3 B. C. 4 D. 6

ON WHICH DAY IS PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATED ? A. March 10 C. B. March 20 March 17 D. March 13

ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND WHAT ANIMALS DID ST. PATRICK CHASE OUT OF IRELAND? A. rabbits B. hares rats C. D. snakes

What WAS ST. PATRICK’S GIVEN NAME? A. Maewyn C. Mervin B. Merlin D. Marlon

ALTHOUGH PATRICK SPENT HIS EARLY YEARS AS A APAGAN, HE LATER BECAME NOTED FOR BEING VERY GOOD IN What? A. playing horseshoes B. C. D. partying converting Irish pagans to Christianity converting Christians back to paganism

HOW LONG DID HIS CHRISTIAN MISSION LAST IN IRELAND? A. 10 years C. B. 20 years 27 years D. 30 years

WHICH ONE OF THE FOLLOWING IS NOT PART OF THE FOLKLORE THAT SURROUNDS ST. PATRICK ? A. He raised people from the dead. C. B. He drove the snakes from Ireland. He used a shamrock to explain the Trinity. D. He was once sold into slavery.

IN WHAT CITY THE FIRST TIME WAS ST. PATRICK’S DAY CELEBRATED IN THE US IN 1737 ? A. New York C. Boston Philadelphia D. Chicago

ST. PATRICK’S FOLLOWERS ADOPTED THE CUSTOM OF WEARING WHAT IN HIS FEAST DAY ? A. a shamrock C. B. a green bow tie a rose D. a rainbow pin

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