There are many legends associated with St. Patrick's day, Which many of them are false, such as St. Patrick driving the snakes out of Ireland. Once upon a time there were snakes but that was before the ice age, and I'm pretty sure that Patrick wasn't alive then. He was born in Roman Britain. St. Patrick's given name was Maewyn Succat. At around age 14 he was kidnapped by Irish pirates and became a slave and worked as a shepherd. He later escaped back to his family. He eventually went back to Ireland to teach Christianity to the people. He used shamrocks to teach Christianity. I don't really celebrate this holiday but many people do by dying the Chicago river green and having parades.
Sources:
Catholic.org
Irish-genealogy-toolkit.com
You did a great job Gage. It looks really good. I would only change a couple of things. One of those things that I would change is putting a comma before the word but in the 3rd sentence. Other than that great job!
ReplyDeleteHi Gage! You did a great job! Maybe you could tell us a little more about how us Americans celebrate St Patrick's Day.
ReplyDeleteThat was great! Sweet and short, but it hit all the important information. A little bit more detail would have been good, and the word you used for the action of coloring the river was false. It is spelled dyeing, not dying. But aside from that, it was superb.
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