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St. Patrick's Day is the national holiday of _______. It is celebrated on March 17. St. Patrick is the______ saint of Ireland. St. Patrick brought Christianity to the Irish people. He used a __________ to explain the Christian concept of Trinity to the Irish. St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Some cities have parades, most people wear ____, and families eat traditional Irish food, corned beef and cabbage. The shamrock, ___________ and leprechauns are also associated with St. Patrick's Day. The shamrock is the national emblem of Ireland. The _________ is a small Irish fairy. If someone catches a leprechaun, he will tell him where he hides all his pot of gold.

2 Find these words in the wordsearch:

HORSESHOE, MARCH, CELEBRATE, GREEN,

FESTIVAL, SAINT, PATRICK, HARP, IRISH,

COIN, LUCK, PATRON

A) RAINBOW

B) CROSS

C) SHAMROCK

D) HAT

E) SNAKE

F) IRELAND

G) POT OF GOLD

H) BEER

I) IRISH FLAG

J) LEPRECHAUN

3 Read and complete the text about the holiday and the traditions.

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Ireland, green, leprechaun, patron, pot of gold, shamrock

2 Wordsearch

Solution

+ + + + + + + + + F + +

+ C + + + + + + + E + +

H + E + + + + + + S + +

+ C + L + + N O R T A P

H O R S E S H O E I + +

+ A + A T B P + + V + +

+ + R N M A R + + A + L

+ + I P T N + A + L U +

+ A + R + E C + T C + +

S + I + + E O + K E + +

+ C + + I R I S H + + +

K + + + + G N + + + + +

(Over, Down, Direction)

CELEBRATE (2, 2, SE)

COIN (7, 9, S)

FESTIVAL (10, 1, S)

GREEN ( 6,12,N)

HARP (1, 5, SE)

HORSESHOE (1, 5, E)

IRISH (5, 11, E)

LUCK (12, 7, SW)

MARCH (5, 7, NW)

PATRICK (7, 6, SW)

PATRON (12, 4, W)

SAINT (1, 10, NE)

3 - A) RAINBOW

9 - B) CROSS

7 - C) SHAMROCK

1 - D) HAT

10 - E) SNAKE

2 - F) IRELAND

4 - G) POT OF GOLD

5 - H) BEER

6 - I) IRISH FLAG

8 - J) LEPRECHAUN

3 Ireland

patron

shamrock

green

pot of gold

leprechaun