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StPatrick’s

Day

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How much do you know about this day?


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St Patrick’s Day Quiz

St Patrick is the Patron Saint of __________.

1. Ireland

2. the USA

3. the UK


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The colour associated with

St Patrick’s Day is _____.

1. blue

2. green

3. yellow



St Patrick’s day is celebrated on ____,

the day he died.

1. June, 27

2. May, 17

3. March,17


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The first St Patrick’s parade took place

in _____ in 1762.

1. Ireland and England

2. the USA

3. England


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Nowadays St Patrick’s festival

lasts _____.

1. 1 day

2. 3 days

3. 5 days


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Corned beef, _____ are some of the

foods eaten this day.

1. bacon and lettuce

2. bacon and cabbage

3. chicken and potatoes


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A ________ is known as a symbol of Ireland, with St Patrick having used it as a metaphor for the Christian Trinity: Father, Son, Holy Spirit.

1. shamrock

2. a green hat

3. a pot of gold


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Today when people think of St Patrick, they imagine a ___________ in a green jacket, hat, pipe, a shamrock and a pot of gold.

1. dwarf

2. giant

3. leprechaun


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Luck o’ the Leprechaun

• He looks like an old man and stands at around two feet tall.

• Dressed in head-to-toe green, he has a pair of pointy ears and carries a big stick called a shillelagh, which he uses to scare anyone who tries to steal his gold.

• He is very lucky – he finds the pot of gold at the end of every rainbow.

• The St Patrick’s Day leprechaun is an Irish fairy.


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1. ______ million people take part in St.Patrick’s festival in Dublin every year.

2. Patrick was a slave for ___ years.3. He studied ___ years in a monastery.4. When he was ___ years old he became a slave. 5. He worked ___ years in Ireland establishing

monasteries, schools and churches.

Can you guess the correct numbers?

Before reading

St Patrick’s Day: history

10 * 16 * 60 * 6 * 12 * 30 * 13 * 1


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Reading about St Patrick’s

Open your book on page 166 and find out more

about this tradition…


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1. ___ million people take part in St.Patrick’s festival in Dublin every year.

2. Patrick was a slave for ___ years.3. He studied ___ years in a monastery.4. When he was ___ years old he became a slave. 5. He worked ___ years in Ireland establishing

monasteries, schools and churches.

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Can you guess the correct numbers?

Before reading

St Patrick’s Day: history

10 * 16 * 60 * 6 * 12 * 30 * 13 * 1

6

12

16

30



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Video about St Patrick’s

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xOqWT2tk9Js


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Order the following sentences.

After watching

a) He was arrested several times, but he escaped each arrest.

b) The original colour associated with St Patrick was blue not green.

c) When he was a slave, he heard a voice encouraging him to leave.

d) He became a bishop.

e) St Patrick’s real name was Maewyn Succat.

f) Some myths: raising people from the dead and driving snakes out of Ireland.

g) He was very successful at converting pagans to Christianity.

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