2. St. Patrick was born in Scotland in
385 A.D.
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3. He spent 6 years as a slave, and
afterward he decided to become
a priest
4. He travelled to Ireland to teach
people about God
and start Christianity there.
5. Legends say he sent all the evil
snakes away from Ireland and he
used shamrocks to teach about the
Trinity
The Holy Trinity are :
• The Father
• The Son
•The Holy Spirit
6. Saint Patrick died March 17 in
461 A.D.
Christians have celebrated this day for over 1000
years.
7. Symbols of Saint Patrick’s Day
GREEN!
Leprechauns are short, Shamrocks are
unfriendly fairies who Ireland’s national
Green is also the
always have a hidden emblem, four-leaf ones
national color of
pot of gold! are a very lucky
Ireland, whose
charm!
nickname is the
“Emerald Island”
8. If you find a Leprechaun, you can
trick him into showing you his gold,
which is always at the end of a
rainbow.
9. Traditions in the United States
• We celebrate large parades and Irish jigs in
most cities
Two million people attend
the New York Parade every
year!
Over 36.000.000 (11% of the population)
people living in the United States have
Irish roots!
10. We dye rivers green…
The Chicago River has been dyed
green every year since 1962.
