Saint Patrick's Day

 17th MARCH

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SAINT PATRICK'S DAY CLOZE

Fill in the blanks with the words below:

celebration, monastery, Ireland, legend, ribbons, fairy, tricky, vanish, Saint, born, dye, captured, snakes, pinched, mischief, pot of gold, slave, angel, eye,miracles parades, shamrocks.

St. PATRICK'S DAY

St. Patrick’s Day is a 1._______________ honoring Saint Patrick. People wear 2._____________ colored clothing and some women wear green 3.____________ in their hair. People who don’t wear green clothing get 4._______________ as a punishment. People also wear 5.______________, which are a symbol of Ireland. As well, there are 6.____________ on the streets and sometimes people 7.______________ the rivers green.

SAINT PATRICK

8.____________ Patrick is the patron saint of 9.______________. According to 10._____________, Saint Patrick was 11.______________ in Britain and then 12._______________ by pirates and sold as a 13._______________ in Ireland. He escaped with the help of an 14. _____________ and then lived in a 15.____________ for twelve years before going back to Ireland. When he returned to Ireland he performed many 16.______________. According to one myth, Saint Patrick got rid of all of the 17.________________ in Ireland.

LEPRECHAUNS

A leprechaun is an Irish 18. ____________. They are very 19.____________ and like to make 20.______________. If you catch a leprechaun, they can tell you where a 21.___________________ is. But be careful, If you take your 22.____________ off of them for an instant, they 23._________________.



ANSWERS1. CELEBRATION
2. GREEN
3. RIBBONS
4. PINCHED
5. SHAMROCKS
6. PARADES
7. DYE
8. SAINT
9. IRELAND
10. LEGEND
11. BORN
12. CAPTURED
13. SLAVE
14. ANGEL
15. MONASTERY
16. MIRACLES
17. SNAKES
18. FAIRY
19. TRICKY
20. MISCHIEF
21. POT OF GOLD
22. EYE
23. VANISH