Презентация на тему День Святого Патрика

the holidays in Ireland. My project is devoted to

St. Patrick's Day.
The Festival is held in the day of St.Patrick’s birth and death – 17 March

saint of Ireland as he was the one who

brought Christianity to the Irish. According to legend, Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain about God.

Another tale about Patrick is that he drove the snakes from Ireland.

celebrated on March 17th? One theory is that St.

Patrick died on March 17, AD 461. Though originally a Catholic holyday, St. Patrick's Day has evolved into more of a secular holiday. Or, rather, 'be an Irish Day '.

And the Irish has borne it as part of their national tradition in everywhere they populated and prospered. The Catholic feast day for this most loved of Irish saints has become a holiday in celebration of the Irish and Irish culture.

the leprechaun, the rainbow. The leprechaun is an elf-like

creature from Irish folklore. He is lazy, cunning, ill-tempered, greedy. He has a pot of gold well hidden at the end of the rainbow.

The symbols.

shamrock. And this stems from a more bona fide

Irish tale that tells how Patrick used the three-leafed shamrock to explain the Trinity. He used it in his sermons to represent how the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all exist as separate elements of the same entity. His followers adopted the custom of wearing a shamrock on his feast day.

in Irish folklore.
The Leprechaun is an Irish fairy. He

looks like small, old man (about 2 feet tall), often dressed like a shoemaker, with their pointed ears, and turned up toes and little coats of green with a cocked hat and a leather apron.
The leprechauns busily make their shoes and try hard not to be seen. Only those who really believe have seen these little elves. They also possess a pot of gold which he hidden at the end of the rainbow.  

celebrated in all corners of the globe! From Dublin

to Sydney, from New York to Moscow. Essential attributes of this holiday is green clothing, folk music, delicious beer and shamrocks, clover.

On march, 17, more than 150,000 people march in

the New York St. Patrich’s Day parade, and almost a million people, all wearing green, line the streets to watch.
A green line is painted down the center of Fifth Avenue, and the lights on top of the Empire State Building are turned green. Irish cuisine is featured in many restaurants, served with traditional Irish coffee. It’s possible to see bread, pasta and even green eggs.

Things that are green
The trees are green,

the grass is green,
My clothes are green, my nose is green-
Your chair is green, your hair is green-
Everything’s green on March seventeen.
His head is green, her cat is green,
His plants are green, her pants are green,
Our house is green, their mouse is green-
Everything’s green on March seventeen.

clover?
8;
4;
3.

2. What colour should you wear on St.Patrick’s Day?
blue;
purple;
green.

3.

What did St.Patrick drive out of Ireland?
snakes;
a car;
Leprechauns.

4. Where do you find a pot of gold?
underground;
at the end of the rainbow;
In a jewelry store.

5. Where is the largest St.Patrick’s Day parade held?
Dublin,Ireland;
Montreal, Canada;
New York, USA.

6. What colours are in the Irish flag?
green, white and orange;
green, white and red;
green and white.

Who was Saint Patrick?
a) the patron saint of Ireland

;
b) the patron saint of Scotland;
c) a Catholic holyday.

9. When is celebrated St.Patrick’s Day?
a) on March 11th;
b) on March 17th;
c) on March 16th.

you for your attention !!!