"La Feile Naom Padraig!"
Happy St. Patrick's Day
St. Patrick's day is a day that goes back to a young man named Succat, who was born in Britain near the Irish Sea around 400 A.D. This young boy later became known as Patrick. When he was around 13-16 years of age, he was captured by Irish pirates and made a slave in Ireland, where he worked as a shepherd tending sheep. He spent many days alone in prayer in fasting. Patrick later escaped and traveled 200 miles and escaped by boat. He returned back to his home and reunited with his family. One night, Patrick had a dream that he was called to go back to Ireland as a missionary. Patrick departed his home, left his family and went to Gaul, which we now call France, where he studied to become a priest and was later ordained a bishop. Patrick went back to Ireland (a pagan country) and converted many to Christianity. He used the Shamrock (three leaf clover) to explain to the people of Ireland the concept of the Trinity. Patrick died March 17th, and people began wearing a shamrock as a lapel on their clothing to remember Patrick and then later started to wear green as well. Here is your moment in history.
The kids and I spent the day learning about the culture, and St. Patrick, listening to Irish music and doing crafts. Below are some pictures of the things we did.
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of course our day started out with green shamrock cakes
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| Gluten free pretzels with green melted choc. in the shape of shamrock..I realized it was upside down but oh well! |
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| the kids learned about the trinity with this cute craft |
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| Shamrock stamps using a green pepper and paint |
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| The naughty Leprechaun hid the pot of gold, and left them several clues......did they find the hidden pot of gold?????? |
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| That Leprechaun had them all over the house and outside, but alas, they finally found their pot o' gold! |
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| Of course we finished the night off with a Shamrock shake and |
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| a fizzy drink with colored ice cubes, made from pureed fruit!! |
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