CLOZE TEST: SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

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SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary and is regarded as the ________ saint of Ireland. Patrick's mission in Ireland ________ for thirty years. He then retired to County Down and _________ on March 17 in 461 AD. Irish people have __________ St. Patrick ever since. The first year it was celebrated in the USA was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Patrick was __________ sixty years old ___________ he arrived in Ireland and he was very good at __________ Irish pagans. He used the shamrock, a kind of ________ clover ________ explain the concept of the Trinity: the three leaves combined to make a single _________, just as the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost combined to make the holy Trinity.  That’s  ____________ the shamrock became the national emblem of Ireland and today many people __________ it on their hats, lapels… on Saint Patrick's Day.

Other typical __________ of this day include ___________, drinking beer, and wearing green. But why green? Because the grass on its __________ is very green. ___________,  its nickname, "The Emerald Isle" , makes reference to this colour. Green is __________ the colour of the shamrock and is connected with ___________. In the United States school ________ started the tradition of pinching anybody _________ wasn’t wearing green. 

ABOUT	CONVERTING	FOR	PATRON	WHEN
ACTUALLY	CONVINCE	HILLS	PLANT	WHO
ALSO	COSTUMES	HOPE	THREE-LEAF	WHY
CHILDREN	CUSTOMS	LASTED	TO
CELEBRATED	DIED	PARADES	WEAR

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY-KEY

Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary and is regarded as the patron saint of Ireland. Patrick's mission in Ireland lasted for thirty years. He then retired to County Down and died on March 17 in 461 AD. Irish people have celebrated St. Patrick ever since. The first year it was celebrated in the USA was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts.

Patrick was about sixty years old when he arrived in Ireland and he was very good at converting Irish pagans. He used the shamrock, a kind of three-leaf clover to explain the concept of the Trinity: the three leaves combined to make a single plant, just as the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost combined to make the holy Trinity.  That’s why the shamrock became the national emblem of Ireland and today many people wear it on their hats, lapels… on Saint Patrick's Day.

Other typical customs of this day include parades, drinking beer, and wearing green. But why green? Because the grass on its hills is very green. Actually,  its nickname, "The Emerald Isle" , makes reference to this colour. Green is also the colour of the shamrock and is connected with hope. In the United States school children started the tradition of pinching anybody who wasn’t wearing green.