Pablo Antón Escudero

Estefanía Huete Medina

David González Planelles

Dayana Chamorro Arango

Saint

Patrick's

day

1. Introduction

2. History, Place and Time

3. St. Patrick's Day Symbols

4. Folklore: Parades, Costumes,

Food and Drink

5. The Festivity in other

Countries

6. Bibliography

I N D E X

1. Introduction

Who was Saint Patrick?

• c. AD 387–461

• Romano-Briton and Christian missionary

• The patron saint of Ireland or the Apostle of Ireland

• Two letters from him survive, from which come the only universally accepted details of his life

2. History, Place and Time

• The Catholic Church

• The Anglican Communion

• A religious and public holiday

3. St. Patrick's Day Symbols

The Shamrock and the Four-Leaf Clover

• Abundance of clover plants in the country

• Association with Christianity.

• St. Patrick: Trinity (the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit)

• Finding one is thought to bring someone extreme luck.

• Hope, faith, love and happiness.

Leprechauns• Little old man dressed like a

shoemaker.

• Aloof and unfriendly.

• They pass the time by mending the shoes of Irish fairies (payment).

• Golden coins: “pots of gold” Green color

So why do we all wear green?

• Spring, shamrock, hope and nature.

• Flags of several revolutionary groups in Ireland and (tri-color country flag, adopted in 1919).

• Ireland: “Emerald Isle (40 shades of green).

The luck of the Irish

If you want to be lucky this St. Patrick’s Day, we give you some advice:

1. Find a four-leaf clover.

2. Wear green.

3. Kiss the blarney stone.

4. Catch a Leprechaun if you can.

Irish blessing:

May your blessings outnumber the shamrocks that grow and may trouble avoid you wherever you go!

3. Folklore:

costumes

parades

food

drink

ST. PATRICK’S PARADES

• The first parade took place in New York city (USA) in March 17, 1762.

• This is a parade that took place in 1909.

• There are parades all over the world.

• New York’s city parade is the greatest one with over 150,000 participants.

• Each year, nearly 3 million people watch the procession.

C L O T H N G S

• Wearing green is a must!

• Kilts

• Leprechaun costumes

I R I S H Food AND Dink

1. Soda bread

2. Corned beef and cabbage

3. Beer

SODA BREADIngredients:

3 1/2 cups all-purpose flour

1 1/2 to 2 tablespoons caraway seeds (optional)

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 teaspoon salt

1 1/2 cups buttermilk

CORNED BEEF AND CABBAGEIngredients:

• 4 lb corned brisket of beef

• 3 large carrots, cut into large chunks

• 6 to 8 small onions

• 1 teaspoon dry English mustard

• large sprig fresh thyme and some parsley stalks, tied together

• 1 cabbage

• salt and freshly ground pepper

IRISH BEER

GUINNESS

• It is the most drank stout (black beer) in the world.

• 10 million glasses every day!!!

• Half of all pints consumed in Ireland every day is a Guinness.

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The Clancy Brothers

“BEER, BEER, BEER”

Charlie Mops“the mythical inventor

of beer”

St. Patrick's Day Song

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

The story of St Patrick's Day

Began so long ago

The lyrics in this song

Will tell you

All you need to know

The seventeenth of March

Is when this joyous holiday

Is celebrated happily

With colorful parades

Dee Lai Dee Dai Dee

Dai Dee Dai Dee

Lai Dee Dai Dee Dai

Hummm... Hummm...

Patrick was only sixteen when

The pirates captured him

They sold him to slavery

And took him to Ireland

He kept the faith

And made his escape

When he was twenty-two

And made it back to Britain

'Twas the only home he knew

Patrick had a vision

To return to Ireland

And vowed to teach Christianity

Until the bitter end

Legend says that Patrick used

The shamrock to explain

That the Father, Son and Holy Ghost

Are all and one the same

On this day the Irish dress

In many shades of green

And some are feeling lucky

With the leprechauns they've seen

It's music and fun for everyone

We'll party and we'll play

Come one, come all

Come join along

On this St. Paddy's Day!

5. The F e s t i v i t y

in other

C o u n t r i e s

Montreal

Irish Festival

Seattle Center Festál:

San Francisco

New Orleans

St Patrick's Day celebrations in Trafalgar

Square (London)

Dublin

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6. Bibliography

www.stpatricksday.com

www.history.com/topics/st-patricks-day

www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/st-patrick-day

www.gosoutheast.about.com/od/eventsfestivalsholidays/a/stpats_savannah.htm

www.theholidayspot.com/patrick/around_the_world.htm

www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick's_Day