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Saint Patrick's Day And legends
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Presentation for 7th graders.
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Saint Patrick's Day
And legends
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Saint Patrick's Day, or the Feast of Saint Patrick is a cultural and religious celebration held on 17 March.
What we wear?
On St Patrick's Day it is customary to wear shamrocks and/or green clothing or accessories (the "wearing of the green"). St Patrick is said to have used the shamrock, a three-leaved plant, to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish.This story first appears in writing in 1726, though it may be older.
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The legend of Saint Patrick has evolved during the 1500-odd years since the missionary brought Christianity to Ireland. Much embellished in the telling, his story has become a mixture of truth, myth and allegory. - See more at: http://www.irish-genealogy-toolkit.com/legend-of-Saint-Patrick.html#sthash.vEiV2Gu2.dpuf
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The Celtic Cross This legend of Saint Patrick is set on a day when the
missionary was preaching close to a pagan standing stone. The latter would have been considered sacred to some of his audience of potential converts because it was already carved with a circle.
This mark would have been familiar to all pagans as a symbol of the sun or moon gods.
St Patrick is credited with drawing a Christian (or Latin) cross through the circle, and blessing the stone. In this way, it is said, he created the first Irish Celtic Cross and showed himself willing to adapt heathen practices and symbols to Christian beliefs in order to ease the transition from pagan to Christian.
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Blackbirds on Croagh Patrick St Patrick spent the forty days of
Lent on a mountain in co Mayo (now known as Croagh Patrick).
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