St
.
Patrick
?
s
Day
is
the
feast
day
of
the
patron
____________________
of
Ireland
named
St
.
Patrick
.
Patrick
wasn
?
t
born
Irish
.
He
was
brought
to
Ireland
as
a
slave
after
he
was
____________________
.
He
escaped
back
to
Britain
to
be
with
his
family
.
While
there
,
a
voice
told
him
to
go
back
to
Ireland
.
Finally
,
he
was
ordained
as
a
____________________
and
spent
the
rest
of
his
life
working
to
bring
____________________
to
Ireland
.
Some
people
claim
that
Patrick
____________________
the
snakes
out
of
Ireland
.
However
,
science
has
proven
that
there
never
were
any
snakes
in
Ireland
because
of
the
cold
____________________
.
So
,
it
?
s
thought
that
the
word
snakes
in
this
legend
actually
represent
driving
out
the
____________________
ways
when
he
introduced
Christianity
.
St
.
Patrick
?
s
Day
is
the
national
holiday
of
Ireland
and
they
celebrate
it
each
year
on
____________________
17
because
this
is
the
day
he
is
rumored
to
have
____________________
.
In
the
United
States
,
many
people
of
Irish
____________________
celebrate
this
holiday
because
it
plays
an
important
part
of
their
cultural
history
.
Symbols
-
____________________
has
it
that
St
.
Patrick
used
the
SHAMROCK
to
explain
the
Holy
Trinity
(
the
Father
,
the
Son
,
and
the
Holy
____________________
)
.
-
Traditionally
,
the
colour
they
wear
on
this
day
is
GREEN
.
Ireland
is
known
for
its
green
shades
of
grass
and
their
island
is
also
called
the
____________________
Island
.
-
Irish
legend
says
that
there
is
a
small
Irish
____________________
called
the
LEPRECHAUN
.
He
wears
____________________
shoes
,
a
hat
,
and
a
leather
apron
.
According
to
the
legend
,
he
?
s
very
____________________
and
lives
alone
in
the
forest
guarding
his
pots
of
____________________
.
The
story
says
that
if
you
find
a
leprechaun
,
he
will
have
to
tell
you
where
his
gold
is
____________________
.
If
you
look
away
for
even
one
second
,
the
leprechaun
will
disappear
along
with
all
his
gold
.
.
.
Legend
has
it
that
if
you
wear
green
on
this
holiday
,
the
leprechaun
____________________
see
you
.
If
you
don
?
t
wear
green
,
he
can
see
you
and
will
give
you
a
____________________
.
