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St. Patrick's Day in the Classroom
Holiday Background Information
St. Patrick's Day commemorates the patron saint of Ireland, Bishop Patrick, who in the year 432 left his home to bring Christianity to Ireland. Tradition says that Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland, but biologists say there were none in the country at the time. Shamrocks are associated with St. Patrick's Day because the Bishop used the three leaves to illustrate the Trinity.
The holiday, March ...
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