Who was St. Patrick?
St. Patrick was born in Great Britain in 387.
He was one of the patron saints of Ireland and when he was sixteen years old, he was captured by Irish raiders.
St. Patrick was born in Great Britain in 387.
He was one of the patron saints of Ireland and when he was sixteen years old, he was captured by Irish raiders.
How is St. Patrick´s Day celebrated?
Everybody wears green clothes and a lot of rivers are dyed green too, for example Chicago River. And people eat green food and drink green beer.
"The wearing of the green" means to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, because Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish.
A shamrock is a three-leaved plant and the Holy Trinity is a group of three persons.
In Great Britain, the Queen Mother used to present bowls of shamrock over from Ireland to members of the Irish Guards.
People there draw shamrocks on their T-shirts or on their faces.
There are a lot of fireworks on that day.
Where is St. Patrick´s day celebrated?
This day is celebrated in Ireland and it became a public holiday in 1903.
It is also celebrated in Canada, Great Britain, Austalia and New Zealand, but there it is not an official holiday. Other Saint Patrick's Day parades take place around the country including in London where the largest minority community is Irish.
Everybody wears green clothes and a lot of rivers are dyed green too, for example Chicago River. And people eat green food and drink green beer.
"The wearing of the green" means to wear a shamrock on one's clothing, because Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity to the pre-Christian Irish.
A shamrock is a three-leaved plant and the Holy Trinity is a group of three persons.
In Great Britain, the Queen Mother used to present bowls of shamrock over from Ireland to members of the Irish Guards.
People there draw shamrocks on their T-shirts or on their faces.
There are a lot of fireworks on that day.
Where is St. Patrick´s day celebrated?
This day is celebrated in Ireland and it became a public holiday in 1903.
It is also celebrated in Canada, Great Britain, Austalia and New Zealand, but there it is not an official holiday. Other Saint Patrick's Day parades take place around the country including in London where the largest minority community is Irish.
