Ten facts about Saint Patrick’s Day
Did you know that:
1. St. Patrick's Day honors St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland?2. People wear green in memory of Ireland, the Emerald Isle and wear shamrocks (clover with three leaves)?
3. Irish people celebrate St. Patrick's Day on March 17 ?
4. March 17 was not the day St. Patrick was born but the day he died (March 17, 461 A.D.)?
5. St. Patrick was born in Wales, studied religion to become a priest and then went to Ireland to teach the people about God?
6. There are many wonderful stories about St. Patrick, some true and some not true. The most famous legend is that he drove the snakes out of Ireland?7. Saint Patrick was not 100% Irish? His father was Italian and his mother was Scottish.
8. St. Patrick’s Day is an official public holiday in just three places? Ireland, Northern Ireland and Montserrat.
9. He first went to Ireland as the captive of slave traders?10. Apart from his Confessio, only one other surviving literary work can be attributed with reasonable confidence to St. Patrick? This writing is A demand for the release of Christian captives.
