Luck o' the Irish

3/18/2019

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?

78 Comments

Preston

3/18/2019 01:14:43 pm

I learned that St. Patrick was the person who brought Christianity to Ireland. They would also have a huge feast. We probably celebrate for the feast and party.

Jordan

3/18/2019 01:20:56 pm

Makes sense. We use any excuse for more food

Alexia

3/18/2019 01:21:09 pm

I like the feasting

Johnny

3/18/2019 01:22:43 pm

Americans seem to love to party.

Ariana

3/18/2019 01:16:33 pm

I learned that st. Patrick was actually a saint, he was in the Catholic Church. He was captured and enslaved in Ireland too. We celebrate it because of all the Irish immigrants because of the potato famine.

Avery

3/18/2019 01:18:24 pm

Wow that’s cool

Taija

3/18/2019 01:19:46 pm

Good comment

Alexia

3/18/2019 01:21:21 pm

That’s neat

Taylee Matthews

3/18/2019 01:22:30 pm

Woah dude that’s interesting

Johnny

3/18/2019 01:24:02 pm

That's some great insights.

Emma Dahle

3/18/2019 01:29:49 pm

That's dope, I didn't know that St. Patrick was a saint.

Miriam

3/18/2019 01:16:43 pm

St.patrick’s day is a religious holiday that the Irish have been celebrating for years. They have this day to celebrate when Christianity was brought to there country. In the United States we now to this day celebrate it because of all of the Irish immigrants that came over during the potatoe famine.

Ariana

3/18/2019 01:17:42 pm

Good comment, it is a religious holiday

Eli

3/18/2019 01:18:08 pm

That is interesting.

Preston

3/18/2019 01:18:42 pm

Potato*

Emma Dahle

3/18/2019 01:27:21 pm

pesto is right

Sammy H

3/18/2019 01:20:12 pm

This is quite interesting to learn.

Taylee Matthews

3/18/2019 01:22:06 pm

Dude nice comment

Mackay

3/18/2019 01:23:44 pm

Nice comment.

Johnny

3/18/2019 01:24:37 pm

There were a lot of immigrants.

Eli

3/18/2019 01:16:49 pm

St. Patrick was kidnapped and took to Ireland. He is know for bring Christianity to Ireland. He celebrate st. Patrick’s day because we have a lot of Irish in America due to the potato famine.

Preston

3/18/2019 01:18:12 pm

Facts

Avery

3/18/2019 01:18:50 pm

You stole my fact

Dillon

3/18/2019 01:19:09 pm

That’s interesting he was kidnapped.

Chayla

3/18/2019 01:22:06 pm

That’s interesting

Lani Belgarde

3/18/2019 01:17:23 pm

I never knew that St. Patrick’s Day was a religious holiday. We probably celebrate to respect Irish faith.

Taija

3/18/2019 01:20:09 pm

I never knew that until now.

Jaicei Boynton

3/18/2019 01:25:08 pm

Same.

Tierryn

3/18/2019 01:28:08 pm

My family celebrates it to get drunk off green beer.

Avery

3/18/2019 01:17:37 pm

He was kidnapped and taken to Ireland as a slave, at the age of 16. We celebrate St. Patrick Day because of all the Irish immigrants.

Ariana

3/18/2019 01:18:33 pm

Wow, that’s really interesting

Sam

3/18/2019 01:18:57 pm

That is correct

Dillon

3/18/2019 01:17:58 pm

One thing I learned is that Saint Patrick is a national apostle of Ireland. I also learned that it has been a holiday for over 1,000 years. One interesting fact is that people feast on bacon and cabbage. We. Celebrate it because of all the Irish immigrants in the U.S.

Eli

3/18/2019 01:18:57 pm

Dang that’s is a long time.

Sam

3/18/2019 01:19:21 pm

1000 years is a long time

Caden

3/18/2019 01:21:40 pm

I agree with that

Treygan

3/18/2019 01:23:53 pm

That’s really cool

Will

3/18/2019 01:25:38 pm

That is very interesting

Sam

3/18/2019 01:18:08 pm

Patrick was a saint in the Catholic Church. He lived in Ireland. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day in the US because there were many Irish immigrants that came here during the potato famine. An interesting thing that happens every year on this day in Chicago is there are 40 lbs of die dumped into the Chicago river.

Chayla

3/18/2019 01:20:34 pm

Those are very interesting facts

Aidan

3/18/2019 01:18:40 pm

We celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day because there are a lot of Irish people in America and Butte was once an Irish Village type of thing so that’s why they go so hard there. An interesting fact is that Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland.

Aidan

3/18/2019 01:20:10 pm

Yea I agree with this right here. This is a well made comment.

Aidan

3/18/2019 01:22:24 pm

Yea I agree they do go hard in Butte.

Blazen Burgess

3/18/2019 01:20:34 pm

Amazing comments.

Jordan

3/18/2019 01:21:54 pm

That’s nice.

Will

3/18/2019 01:26:06 pm

Yeah my dad said the same thing!

Blazen Burgess

3/18/2019 01:19:22 pm

We celebrate st Patrick’s day because he kind of invented Christianity. The first parade for it took place in the United States, that’s interesting. St Patrick’s also died on the 17th so it’s an honor of his death in Ireland.

Dillon

3/18/2019 01:20:25 pm

That’s cool that there is a parade for it.

Caden

3/18/2019 01:22:11 pm

That is pretty interesting

Alexia

3/18/2019 01:19:24 pm

In the US we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to help those with Irish background reconnect with their roots. Those who came from Ireland came because of the potato famine.

Miriam

3/18/2019 01:21:28 pm

That is a good insight

Treygan

3/18/2019 01:24:43 pm

That’s very cool

Mackay

3/18/2019 01:26:20 pm

Good comment.

Chayla

3/18/2019 01:19:33 pm

One thing I learned is that St. Patrick was actually a saint in the Catholic Church. Saint Patrick’s day was a religious holiday. It is celebrating the Irish immigrants.

Faith

3/18/2019 01:22:55 pm

Good insight!

Brooke

3/18/2019 01:24:29 pm

That’s pretty cool.

Jordan

3/18/2019 01:19:53 pm

We celebrate St. Patrick’s day in America because of all the Irish that came over during the potato famine. St. Patrick was known because he brought Christianity to Ireland and he explained the Trinity using a three leaf clover

Jaicei Boynton

3/18/2019 01:26:43 pm

Nice. Comment.

Caden Caywood

3/18/2019 01:20:16 pm

I learned that Saint Patrick brought Christianity to Ireland. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day in the US to recognize the Irish immigrants heritage in the country.

Blazen Burgess

3/18/2019 01:22:16 pm

That’s wild

Taylee Matthews

3/18/2019 01:21:08 pm

Patrick was a saint in the Catholic Church. I learned it been a holiday for 1,000 years. Also that we celebrate it because of all the Irish immigrants.

Miriam

3/18/2019 01:22:17 pm

So true.

Faith

3/18/2019 01:22:28 pm

That’s cool!

Brooke

3/18/2019 01:24:08 pm

I like it.

Griffin Mylan

3/18/2019 01:21:12 pm

St. Patrick’s Day has beeen around for over 1,000 years. St. Patrick died on March 17, 461. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day because of our many past Irish immigrants.

johnny

3/18/2019 01:22:00 pm

St. Patrick's is a christian holiday that has been celebrated by the Irish for years. It got introduced to the USA after the great potato famine. This brought thousands of Irish immigrants to the america, bringing there accents and traditions with them.

Jaicei

3/18/2019 01:22:03 pm

I learned that St. Patrick was an actual person, and a fun fact is that the holiday has been celebrated for around 1000 years. We celebrate it in the U.S. because we have a lot of Irish immigrants and it probably just became the new norm.

Tierryn

3/18/2019 01:27:34 pm

I love your phrasing.

Faith

3/18/2019 01:22:06 pm

Saint Patrick brought cristianity to Ireland. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day because many people are immagrants that came over afte the potato famine.

Taija

3/18/2019 01:22:37 pm

He was kidnapped and they made him a slave in Ireland. We celebrate it because of all the Irish immigrants that came over during the potato famine. St. Patrick’s day was a religious holiday.

Mackay

3/18/2019 01:22:52 pm

St. Patrick’s day is a religious holiday that the Irish celebrate. St. Patrick was a slave at the age of 16. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day because of the Irish immigrants in the US.

Treygan

3/18/2019 01:23:10 pm

We celebrate St Patrick’s day because he brought Christianity into Ireland and some facts are that the shamrock stands for the three god heads.

Brooke

3/18/2019 01:23:35 pm

Something that I learned was St. Patrick was kidnapped and slaved. He died in the 17th so it’s honoring him. We celebrate because he came in the potato famine.

Tierryn

3/18/2019 01:24:42 pm

I learned that St. Patrick was a legend. We celebrate because of all of the Irish decedents.

Jaicei Boynton

3/18/2019 01:27:42 pm

We love a legend

Sammy H

3/18/2019 01:25:13 pm

Some interesting facts are St. Patrick's day is celebrated because he brought Christianity to Ireland after being kidnapped at 16. It became popular in America when Irishman came over due to the potato famine.

Will

3/18/2019 01:25:17 pm

I learned that Saint Patrick was a young boy who brought Christianity to Ireland. A fun fact that I discovered is that a traditional meal in Ireland is bacon and cabbage. We celebrate this day to recognize the Irish cultural and population in America.

Emma Dahle

3/18/2019 01:25:44 pm

I learned that St. Patrick is a saint that was Catholic. He also brought Christianity. The United states celebrates it because the Irish immigrants came over during the potato famine.

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