St Patricks Day

A nod to our Irish friends

this day of

Saint Patrick

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17 to honor the Irish

Saint Patrick, a missionary who converted Ireland to Christianity.

It is said that he used the shamrock to explain the concept of the Holy Trinity:

the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.

Since that day, the shamrock is the national emblem of the reland, and the Irish are

proudly in their buttonholes on the day of Saint Patrick.

A legend says that Saint Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland,

The snakes were all drowned in the ocean,

we do not know quite why this legend,

but we think this is because the snake was a pagan symbol

and that St. Patrick had driven out the heathen of Ireland.

In America, Saint Patrick is a day of celebration and rejoicing.

St. Patrick's Day was celebrated for the first time

Boston Massachusetts. in 1737.

In Montreal, the day of Saint Patrick, the Irish are a parade,

everyone celebrates with them.

for Montreal, St. Patrick heralds the beginning of spring.

The Legend of Blarney Stone

The Blarney Stone is a stone embedded in the tower of Blarney Castle

in the village of Blarney in Ireland.

Kissing the stone is to assume the power to speak eloquently.

We do not know exactly the origin of the magic stone,

but a legend says, that an old woman cast a spell on the stone

Thank a king he had saved from drowning.

The king who had difficulty expressing themselves,

became an eloquent speaker after kissing the stone

as the old lady had promised him.

It combines the green St. Patrick's because it's the color of spring

and clover emblem of Ireland.

They say that finding a 4 leaf clover luck.

An old legend says that it can also break the spell of an evil spirit.

The tradition is that one is wearing green to celebrate St. Patrick's

In some places, students can pinch their teacher,

if it is not dressed in green on this day.

The Leprechauns

The Leprechauns are small

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