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Flashcards by Andrea Pan, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Andrea Pan
about 2 years ago
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| ST. PATRICK WAS ACTUALLY KNOWN FOR WEARING BLUE | Green only became associated with the big day after the emergence of the Irish independence movement. |
| HE WASN’T IRISH OR EVEN BORN IN IRELAND | Patrick’s parents were Roman citizens who lived in either Scotland or Wales (experts can’t agree) around 385 AD. |
| PATRICK SPENT TIME AS A SLAVE | He was kidnapped by Irish raiders when he was 16 and spent several years herding sheep in Ireland. He managed to escape when he was 22. |
| ST. PATRICK USED THE SHAMROCK TO PREACH ABOUT THE HOLY TRINITY | It helped him show the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit could be separate entities, yet one in the same. |
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THE SHAMROCK IS NOT THE SYMBOL OF IRELAND THOUGH
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That’s actually the harp, which was used on coins as early as 135 and from 1642 emerged as symbol of the Irish people. |
| ST. PATRICK IS CREDITED FOR DRIVING ALL THE SNAKES OUT OF THE IRELAND | But scientists reckon Ireland’s climate made it too cold for reptiles. The snakes may have been metaphorical. |
| IT COULD HAVE BEEN SAINT MAEWYN’S DAY | St Patrick was actually born Maewyn Succat but changed his name to Patricius after he became a priest. |
| ST. PATRICK’S DAY IS A RELIGIOUS HOLIDAY IN IRELAND | For most of the 20th century, pubs were closed on March 17. That all changed in 1970, when it was made a national holiday. |
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