Saint Patric

Saint Patric.

It is on the Christian holiday which celebrates saint Patric, the patron saint of Ireland.

(It) is celebrated on March 17th, anniversary of the death of Holy Patric.

Évangélisateur of Ireland, saint Patric would have explained the concept of the Holy Trinity (the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit) to the Irishmen during a sermon thanks to a clover, so by making the symbol of Ireland (the official emblem of the country being the Celtic harp) .Every year, the men (people) of Ireland put a clover in the buttonhole to remember this education.

The tradition also wants that we are dressed in green to celebrate Saint Patric. This colour refers credibly to the green of hills, herb and Irish clover, country besides called”the island of emerald”. It is also the colour of the spring and the hope

In 1903, Saint Patric becomes an official holiday in Ireland.

Contrary to a wide-spread popular faith, Saint Patric is not the Irish national holiday.

By the middle of 1990s, the Irish government begins a campaign to associate in the daytime of Saint Patric with a festival aiming at promoting the Irish culture.

Today abroad, this holiday is especially collected as the celebration of what makes Ireland: the green, the clovers and the beer.

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