St Patrick's Day

Watch the following video to learn about St Patrick and the different traditions related to this day.






Vocabulary:

- Lent: Forty days before Easter

- to waive: not to apply something

- reveler: a person who enjoys having fun

- dye: to colour sth

- cranky: angry

- features: characteristics

- fiddle: similar to a violin

- Irish jig: traditional Irish dance

- mind: to look after

- priest/bishop: religious people

- banish: to send away

Fourth year. Listening: St Patrick's Day.

Click here to watch a video on the history of St. Patrick's Day and and answer the questions below.

1- How did Patrick come to live in Ireland when he was 16?

2- What did the two visions tell Patrick to do?

3- What did Patrick do in Ireland?

4- What does the myth of driving the snakes out of Ireland mean?

5- What did Patrick use the shamrock for?

6-Why does the holiday fall on March 17?

7- When and where was St Patrick's Day first celebrated in Colonial America?

8- Who is the most famous, largest and rowdiest St Patrick's Day tradition in America?

9- Why did the Irish have to emigrate in the 19th century?

10- What was the traditional Irish meal for St Patrick's Day?

Click here to check your answers.