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Elementary St Patrick's Day

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  • When did St Patrick die?
    17th March 493 AD
  • Finish the Phrase: May your pockets be ________ and your heart ______
    heavy, light
  • Where was St Patrick from?
    Wales
  • What else happens except parades?
    People play Uileann Pipes, sing and dance jigs.
  • What colours are the Irish flag?
    Green, White and Orange
  • Are Leprechauns nice people?
    No, they are unfriendly.
  • When is St Patrick's Day?
    The 17th of March
  • What big thing usually happens on St Patricks Day, Where everyone walks down the road?
    A parade
  • What are the two main symbols of Ireland?
    The Harp and The shamrock
  • What is the traditional food on St Patricks Day?
    Corned Beef or Ham and Cabbage. /// Stew
  • What is a leprechauns job?
    shoemaker
  • What does the shamrock represent?
    The holy trinity: the son, the father and the holy spirit.
  • Finish the phrase: Better the coldness of a friend than the sweetness of an ______
    enemy.
  • What does the Irish flag mean?
    Peace between the Irish and the British
  • Where can you find a pot of gold?
    At the end of the rainbow, or catch a leprechaun
  • Finish the phrase: There is a pot of gold at the end of every______
    rainbow
  • What was his "job" when he arrived in Ireland.
    He was a slave.
  • What do you get if you catch a leprechaun?
    a pot of gold
  • How do people dress on St Patrick's Day?
    Women wear green ribbons in their hair and people pin shamrocks on their jackets.
  • What did St Patrick use the shamrock for?
    He used it to spread Christianity.
  • What happens if you stop looking at the leprechaun?
    He disappears!