saint patrick’s day!
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SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!
17TH OF MARCH
BRAIN STORM
Do you know what day is it today?
What do you know about this festivity?
What do you know about Ireland?
Do you know where is it?
What is the capital of Ireland?
Do you know any important Irish or inventions?
What’s the weather like in Ireland?
WHERE’S IRELAND?
IRELAND: FLAG
WHAT DID IRISH INVENT?
Arthur Guiness invented…
Guiness Beer
And they also invented…
Submarine
THERE ARE SOME FAMOUS IRISH PEOPLE…
SAINT PATRICK’S DAY
Saint Patrick, known as St Paddy too, is the patron saintof Ireland. He was born in a village in Wales and broughtChristianity to Ireland, converting many pagans toChristianity. St. Patrick's Day is celebrated every year onMarch 17 in his honour. There are no snakes in Irelandbut there is a legend that at the time of Saint Patrick there were lots of snakes and he chased them all intothe Irish Sea.
Saint Patrick's Day is celebrated all around the world, especially in places such as Great Britain, Canada and the United States. Originally, the colour associated withSaint Patrick was blue. However, over the years thecolour green and its association with Saint Patrick's Daygrew. It is said that St Patrick’s used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to thepagan Irish.
QUIZ: ARE THESE SENTENCES TRUE OR FALSE?
St. Paddy is the familiar name for St. Patrick.
St Patrick was Irish.
He sent snakes from Ireland into the ocean.
Other countries celebrate St Patricks’s Day.
People wear red clothes on St Patrick’s Day.
VOCABULARY
LEPRECHAUN http://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=leprechaun
It’s a type of fairy in Irish folklore. It’susually a little old man, wearing acoat and hat, They are solitarycreatures who spend their timemaking and mending shoes and havea hidden pot of gold at the end ofthe rainbow. If captured by a human,the leprechaun has the magicalpower to grant three wishes inexchange for their freedom.
SHAMROCKhttp://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp?tranword=shamrock
Saint Patrick used ir to represent theChristian Trinity
SAINT PATRICK’S PARADE
HTTP://WWW.WORDREFERENCE.COM/ES/TRANSLATION.ASP?TRANWORD=PARADE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_VWQvAmXh
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijs-S4g4eCs
