Luck o' the Irish?

3/17/2020

Daily Literary Quote
“The heart of an Irishman is nothing but his imagination”
― George Bernard Shaw

Journal Prompt
Read this article about the history of St. Patrick's Day, and discuss what you learned. What are some interesting facts? Why do we celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the United States?

46 Comments

Wylie

3/17/2020 10:36:53 am

It’s been a holiday for over a 1000 years and many Americans celebrate

taelyn

3/17/2020 10:38:20 am

cool response

Loon

3/17/2020 10:39:05 am

Nice response

Jacob

3/17/2020 10:40:00 am

That's solid

Troy

3/17/2020 10:40:18 am

That’s crazy

Dakota

3/17/2020 10:40:58 am

That’s a long time

Paul

3/18/2020 10:37:26 am

It’s crazy how long it’s been around.

taelyn

3/17/2020 10:37:54 am

one interesting fact i learned was that the first saint patrick’s day parade was in 1601. saint patrick’s day is big in america cause of all the irish immigrants that came to the u.s. saint patrick died on march 17,461.

Ryder

3/17/2020 10:39:46 am

Interesting

Destiny

3/17/2020 10:40:03 am

That’s where it all starts.

Owen

3/17/2020 10:40:19 am

That’s some cool facts there.

Dakota

3/17/2020 10:40:45 am

That’s a fact

Cheyenne

3/17/2020 10:42:16 am

Great response, those are pretty interesting.

Paul

3/18/2020 10:37:05 am

Good response. I found what you said interesting

Ryder

3/17/2020 10:38:35 am

Saint Patrick's day was first celebrated in 1601 in the Spanish colony of Florida and we clebrated it in the United States as a Irish Aid.

Loon

3/17/2020 10:40:15 am

That’s what’s up

Owen

3/17/2020 10:40:48 am

I think I just got done reading this information.

Loon

3/17/2020 10:38:35 am

I learned a lot about Saint Patrick’s day. Interesting facts are like the shamrock represents the holy trinity. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day in the states because we like to get drunk.

Ryder

3/17/2020 10:39:06 am

Sounds about right

taelyn

3/17/2020 10:39:30 am

i respect that.

Jacob

3/17/2020 10:40:11 am

Nice

Destiny

3/17/2020 10:38:49 am

St. Patrick’s day is a Irish religious holiday to celebrate the loss of st. Patrick. Every year the Chicago river gets dyed green to celebrate the holiday. We celebrate this holiday for some people’s heritage or just another excuse to drink.

Brooke

3/17/2020 10:42:03 am

That’s cool.

Cheyenne

3/17/2020 10:43:28 am

That’s interesting that they dye the River green, and nice response.

Jacob

3/17/2020 10:39:31 am

I learned one thing that I never knew. That was that the holiday is based off someone's death.

Owen

3/17/2020 10:39:34 am

It has been a celebration for many 1000 years so America wanted to celebrate it to.

Troy

3/17/2020 10:40:37 am

That’s wild bro.

Brooke

3/17/2020 10:42:50 am

That sounds about right.

Riley

3/17/2020 10:43:06 am

That’s a lot of years

Abi

5/27/2020 11:05:22 pm

Seems legit. Never knew it was celebrated for so long.

Troy

3/17/2020 10:40:00 am

Saint Patrick was a man in the fifth century. The potato faminine was in 1845. I didn’t find to many interesting facts because I am not a fan of this holiday.

Brayden

3/17/2020 10:40:18 am

I learned that saint Patricks days is a celebration of saint patrick. Saint patrick was a patron

Brayden

3/17/2020 10:41:44 am

Saint patrick also lived in the fifth century

Dakota

3/17/2020 10:40:29 am

An interesting fact is that St Patrick’s day has been a holiday for 1000 years. And the first parade was in 1601.

Riley

3/17/2020 10:42:33 am

That is interesting

Cheyenne Ward

3/17/2020 10:40:59 am

I learned that St. Patrick is known as the holy trinity and that he brought Christianity back. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day to keep the heritage of the Irish Americans alive.

Destiny

3/17/2020 10:41:56 am

I agree completely

Charlie

3/17/2020 10:41:10 am

Something I found interested is Ireland naturally doesn't have snakes. Also over 40 pounds of dye is put into the Chicago River every year. Americans celebrate to be open to all cultures.

Kelton

3/17/2020 10:41:13 am

That St. Patrick died and we celebrate his life. Hundreds more of thousands of Irish fled to the United States after the potato famine. And we celebrate here as a sort of aid.

Brooke

3/17/2020 10:41:19 am

St. Patrick’s day is names after St. Patrick. He lived during the fifth century. The Irish se St. Patrick’s day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. St. Patrick’s day in America is really just a money grab for businesses.

Riley

3/17/2020 10:42:17 am

Chicago dyes their river green every year. We celebrate because of the high Irish population. I did not know that Saint Patrick was originally a slave.

Cole

3/17/2020 10:42:37 am

Some interesting facts are that lent is waived, and they do church in the morning and party in the evening. The Americans celebrate it a little differently. They drink green beers late into the night.

Tyrell Wortley

3/17/2020 10:46:45 am

The Irish had suffered quite a bit as it appears. They had to deal with each other and the prejudice of others. Not to mention how St. Patrick’s real life has added legends to it.

Abi

5/27/2020 11:04:32 pm

Some of the legends about St. Patrick are really interesting.

Paul

3/18/2020 10:38:08 am

It is a very interesting celebration. I found it interesting with how long it’s been around and how it became.

Abi

5/27/2020 11:03:08 pm

I didn't know that St. Patrick's was named after a christian man and that the holiday has been celebrated for almost thousand years. We celebrate it because of how many Irish are in America and it's the best excuse to drink for many people.

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