Day! M1 The story of St Patrick's Day Fill in the blanks with the words from the box. Paddy legends pins Apostle shoes leprechauns celebrated holiday shamrock illustrate Parade jokes shoemaker It is celebrated on anniversary dyed brought Green marching tricks Grafiken Leprechaun-Anna Velichkovsky/stock.adobe.com; Hut und Kleeblatt Liena/stock.adobe.com hilltop Saint Patrick's Day is Ireland's greatest national only in Ireland but all over the who is said to have "Saint On that day, Irish people 17th each year, not their patron saint, Patrick, Christianity to Ireland. Therefore the Irish call him their " ". The date of Saint Patrick's Day is the is one of the most " or lovingly of his death in 461 AD. Saint Patrick religious figures around the world. There are many him. One myth tells that, during his mission in Ireland, St. Patrick once stood on a surrounding and, with. only a wooden staff by his side, banished all the snakes from Ireland. The national symbol of Ireland is the It is worn proudly by Irish people on Saint Patrick's Day. Everybody caps. It is widely believed that Saint Patrick used the shamrock to of Ireland. The biggest Saint Patrick's Day bands and floats the Chicago River is them on their coats or the Holy Trinity to the people takes place in New York. It is a huge procession of along Fifth Avenue. Saint Patrick's Day is also called a "Day in ". Even green for the occasion. Have you ever heard of leprechauns? They are the famous Irish elves who are only about two feet tall and look like little wrinkly old men. They are dressed in green legend is that the clothes. They make the for the fairies and like to play on humans. The guard the gold at the end of the rainbow. People love telling leprechauns on Saint Patrick's Day. about