I'll post the answers later... Or maybe as a comment... See how many you know though!
(I already know I'm a geek... I'm ok with it... Humor me) :)
1. St. Patrick was born in
a. Ireland
b. Britain
c. Germany
d. France
2. St. Patrick was born in the year
a. 718
b. 683
c. 412
d. 387
3. St. Patrick's birth name was
a. Pateritius MacDell
b. Artagon Sweeny
c. Maewyn Succat
d. Patrick O'Harra
4. The tradition of wearing green on St. Patrick's day originated
a. Because St. Patrick's "saint color" was green
b. Because Ireland itself is very green
c. To remind people of the shamrock and thus, remind them of God
d. B & C
e. All of the above
5. Why is the shamrock affiliated with St. Patrick?
a. He used them to make what is now a traditional St. Patrick's Day stew
b. He planted them all over Ireland as he proselyted
c. He always wore one on the sleeve of his shirt
d. He used them to explain religious doctrine
6. Why is St. Patrick's Day celebrated on March 17th?
a. That is the Catholic church's first day of lent
b. That is the Catholic church's last day of lent
c. That is the day St. Patrick was born
d. That is the day St. Patrick died
7. T/F Aside from zoos and pets, Ireland has no snakes.
8. T/F St. Patrick was deaf.
9. T/F St. Patrick's Day was originally in December.
10. T/F The first St. Patrick's Day parade was in Ireland.
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1-B
ReplyDeleteHe was born in Britain, then sold as a slave and taken to Ireland when he was 16.
2-D
Born in 387
3- C
4- D
St. Patrick's "saint color" is actually blue.
5- D
He used the 3-leaved shamrock to demonstrate and explain how the holy trinity has three branches, but they are actually one.
6- D
7- T
There are basically 3 stories as to why there are no snakes in Ireland. One says St. Patrick chased them all into the ocean, another says he put them all into a box and threw the box into the ocean. The third suggests that the snakes in the story are symbolic of Paganism. When St. Patrick went back to Ireland after escaping slavery he succeeded in converting most of the island from Paganism to Catholicism, thus ridding the island of "snakes." But it is true that there are no snakes in the wild in Ireland.
8- F
I just threw that in to mess up my students...
9- F
It was always celebrated on the day he died, March 17th.
10- F
The first St. Patrick's Day celebration/parade was in NY, which still holds the largest St. Patrick's Day parade today.
There's your St. Patty's Day lesson! :)
The most any of my students have gotten right so far is 6, but average is 2-3, so don't feel bad if you failed miserably. :)
Very interesting! I need to research more about leprechauns. There were incredibly believing 1st graders at school yesterday. In dead seriousness they let me know that Mrs. Grover had a real leprechaun locked in the drawer of her desk. And about 30 students all huddled around a sewer grate in the playground because someone HAD seen the hand of a dead leprechaun down there! And after morning recess, one of the kindergarten classes returned to their room to find that it was a MESS! Absolute proof that leprechauns are REAL!
ReplyDeleteHehe... From what I read I gathered that they started out as political cartoon depictions of poor Irish immigrants, then holiday card companies jacked the image and commercialized it.
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