Interesting Facts About St. Patrick's Day

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Bring out your green! St Patrick's Day, celebrated every 17 March, is full of parades, good luck charms and lots of green. Find out some curiosities you probably didn't know about this great celebration of Irish culture with our weekly flashcards.
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ST. PATRICK WAS ACTUALLY KNOWN FOR WEARING BLUE Green only became associated with the big day after the emergence of the Irish independence movement.
HE WASN’T IRISH OR EVEN BORN IN IRELAND Patrick’s parents were Roman citizens who lived in either Scotland or Wales (experts can’t agree) around 385 AD.
PATRICK SPENT TIME AS A SLAVE He was kidnapped by Irish raiders when he was 16 and spent several years herding sheep in Ireland. He managed to escape when he was 22.
ST. PATRICK USED THE SHAMROCK TO PREACH ABOUT THE HOLY TRINITY It helped him show the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit could be separate entities, yet one in the same.
THE SHAMROCK IS NOT THE SYMBOL OF IRELAND THOUGH That’s actually the harp, which was used on coins as early as 135 and from 1642 emerged as symbol of the Irish people.
ST. PATRICK IS CREDITED FOR DRIVING ALL THE SNAKES OUT OF THE IRELAND But scientists reckon Ireland’s climate made it too cold for reptiles. The snakes may have been metaphorical.
IT COULD HAVE BEEN SAINT MAEWYN’S DAY St Patrick was actually born Maewyn Succat but changed his name to Patricius after he became a priest.
ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY IN IRELAND For most of the 20th century, pubs were closed on March 17. That all changed in 1970, when it was made a national holiday.
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