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?

49 Comments

Trishelle

3/17/2020 01:15:17 pm

Interesting fact is they celebrate this day because Spain Patrick died. We celebrate this day because of Irish heritage.

Dakota James

3/17/2020 01:16:16 pm

Sounds interesting, I wonder why he was so important.

Kendra

3/17/2020 01:16:27 pm

Cool

Carson

3/17/2020 01:18:15 pm

Honestly I didn’t need read what you had to say but yeah.

Dakota James

3/17/2020 01:15:29 pm

We celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day in the U.S. because it it a religious holiday for the Irish. They typically attend church early in the morning, and celebrate in the afternoon. Some cool facts are that the U.S. hosts over 100 parades during this holiday. Bacon and cabbage is the traditional meal for this special day.

Nathan

3/17/2020 01:17:12 pm

That’s nice

Ady

3/17/2020 01:17:53 pm

That’s very interesting

Carson

3/17/2020 01:18:57 pm

Wow that’s a lot or parades.

hailey

3/17/2020 01:19:58 pm

Bacon & cabbage sound good.

Ady

3/17/2020 01:15:43 pm

An interesting fact I liked would be that on St. Patrick’s Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. We celebrate this day in the US since many of the Irish immigrated here and took there customs with them.

Trishelle

3/17/2020 01:16:40 pm

Wowwww

Kendra

3/17/2020 01:17:15 pm

That is really interesting.

Kendra

3/17/2020 01:15:52 pm

An interesting fact I learned was that St. Patrick’s Day is named after a person. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in the United States because Irish people moved to the United States and brought their holiday.

Trishelle

3/17/2020 01:16:55 pm

Preach

Dakota James

3/17/2020 01:17:31 pm

It’s cool that they brought the holiday with them.

Anthony

3/17/2020 01:15:53 pm

We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to honor the Irishman who brought Christianity to his people. Traditionally bacon and cabbage is the Irish dish eaten on this holiday. This holiday is celebrated in the Americas because of all of the Irish immigrants that made up the early America’s.

Cade

3/17/2020 01:19:30 pm

its really cool how there were so many Irishmen in America.

Carson

3/17/2020 01:16:11 pm

I learned that the Irish went through a lot to get to America. That’s why we have this day. to celebrate the hardships the Irish immigrants went through.

Nathan

3/17/2020 01:17:39 pm

Ya that’s true

Nathan

3/17/2020 01:16:28 pm

They die the Chicago river green for saint patties day. It started to celebrate the life of saint patty when he died. It is celebrated in the use because the Irish people came over to the us during to potato famin and now it is a holiday.

Anthony

3/17/2020 01:17:52 pm

That’s a lot of green dye!

hailey

3/17/2020 01:19:43 pm

I think it’s kinda strange that they dye a river.

Tyler

3/17/2020 01:28:15 pm

That’s pretty cool

Megan

3/17/2020 01:17:19 pm

I learned that st.patrick was actually not Irish but taken to Ireland by some people. And their traditional meals for this day include bacon and cabbage.

Cade

3/17/2020 01:21:13 pm

Eww bacon and cabbage:-(

Cade

3/17/2020 01:17:56 pm

An interesting fact I learned is that Saint Patrick wasn’t actually born in Ireland. I find that crazy because we celebrate with Irish logos and the color green. Another thing I learned is that he later returned to Ireland after escaping.

Lizzie

3/17/2020 01:20:21 pm

Nice.

Jonah

3/17/2020 01:20:49 pm

That is interesting

Erik

3/17/2020 01:18:49 pm

St. Patrick’s day celebrates him and Christianity being brought to Ireland.an interesting fact about him is yah he was a slave at the age of 16. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day in the US because many Irish immigrated to the US.

Anthony

3/17/2020 01:19:27 pm

At least he wasn’t a slave his whole life.

Jonah

3/17/2020 01:20:27 pm

Yeah

Tyler

3/17/2020 01:29:48 pm

Yeah

hailey

3/17/2020 01:19:00 pm

We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day to honor the Irishman who created a Christian movement within Ireland. The holiday usually consists of church in the morning & celebration with food & people later in the day. Parades and other events are hosted to celebrate as well.

Lizzie

3/17/2020 01:19:46 pm

Dang that is really interesting.

Lizzie

3/17/2020 01:19:03 pm

An interesting fact is that the first Saint Patrick’s day parade was held in 1601. We celebrate this to help us connect with our Irish ancestors.

Janessa

3/17/2020 01:23:16 pm

It’s crazy that we’ve still done the parades for like 300 years.

Sienna

3/17/2020 01:19:44 pm

Saint Patrick’s day is in America due to Irish immigrants coming to the Americas. I believe this holiday is very rich in culture and faith but used as a fun day in America. I personally do not celebrate

Jonah

3/17/2020 01:19:54 pm

I thought it was cool that they dye the Chicago river green. But they do eat some weird food. Those Irish folk you know.

Boaz

4/1/2020 03:58:38 pm

Ya I didn't even know they dyed the Chicago river

Janessa

3/17/2020 01:21:32 pm

After the potato famine and lots of Irish immigrants came to the US, they were treated very poorly. After a while, they realized they had strength in numbers and began to gain some political power. Presidential candidates would go to their parades to boost their popularity, and now all of America celebrates this holiday. I think it’s cool that the St. Pattie’s parade is the oldest national parade in the US.

Janessa

3/17/2020 01:25:31 pm

Good job Janessa! Your comment was great, and I really like your skirt. 👍🏻

Beth

3/17/2020 01:24:59 pm

I learned that it was first celebrated in 1604 which is cool. We celebrate it because saint Patric is a Christian holiday

Keely

3/17/2020 01:25:04 pm

I learned that St. Patrick was kidnapped at age 16 and put into slavery. I found it intriguing that Americans hated the Irish people. I new we were judge but I didn’t we were that judgey. We celebrate St. Patrick’s day because it’s a celebrating a Christian saint.

Janessa

3/17/2020 01:27:03 pm

I’m pretty sure America’s always hated any immigrants. Which is crazy because we advertise as THE immigrant country where anyone can be free.

Madeline

3/17/2020 01:25:52 pm

There are many different reasons st. Patrick’s day is celebrated and it is celebrated in many different ways. Some reasons it is celebrated is because St. Patrick inspired many people and his death (life not they were celebrating because he died) was celebrated.

Tyler

3/17/2020 01:27:13 pm

An interesting fact is that a traditional meal is bacon and cabbage. We selebrate Saint Patrick’s day in the U.S. because it is a Christian holiday.

Micah Tolman

3/17/2020 01:28:07 pm

From the article, I learned that the three leaf clover was used by Saint Patrick to portray The Trinity. Some interesting facts are that the Christians who celebrated lent would eat bacon and cabbage on St. Patrick’s Day, the first St. Patrick’s Day parade was held in America, and St. Patrick’s Day parades were used by politicians to gain favor of many Irish-Americans. This holiday is celebrated in America because of the many Irish people who came to the country during the potato famine.

Boaz

4/1/2020 03:57:42 pm

It is interesting how politics finds its way into everything

Boaz

4/1/2020 03:56:35 pm

I had absolutely no previous knowledge on the subject so I learned a lot. I learned that there was an Irish guy that was kidnapped and e brought Christianity to Ireland. I also didn't know it was a christian holiday though I probably should have been able to tell.

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