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3 Read and complete the text F) IRELAND 6 about the holiday and the traditions. Ireland, green, leprechaun, G) POT OF GOLD patron, pot of gold, shamrock

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8 St. Patrick's Day is the national holiday of ______. It is celebrated on March 17. St. Patrick is the______saint of Ireland. St. Patrick brought Christianity to the Irish people. I) IRISH FLAG He used a ______to explain the Christian concept of Trinity to 9 the Irish. St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Some cities have parades, most people wear ____, and families eat traditional Irish food, corned beef and cabbage. J) LEPRECHAUN The shamrock, ______and leprechauns are also associated with St. Patrick's Day. 10 The shamrock is the national emblem of Ireland. The ______is a small Irish fairy. If someone catches a leprechaun, he will tell him where he hides all his pot of gold.

Hello to you all, my name is Maura, and I’m Irish, from Dublin, so the Republic of Ireland or Eire. And today is one of my favourite days because it is 17th March and it is ………Saint Patrick’s Day, of course. It is our national day when we celebrate Saint Patrick our Patron Saint who brought Christianity to Ireland. So we are going to celebrate! Can you imagine? I’m going to go to the big parade in the streets of Dublin, where I live, with all my family wearing green costumes, green hats, shamrocks in our buttonholes, Mum has even dyed her hair green! Then, we will all have a big party at home, we have prepared bunches of shamrocks from our garden (remember, the national emblem of Ireland). We have decorated our house green, a must on an island which is called the Emerald Island. And of course we’re eating green food! All the food for the party is green, apples, lettuce, cucumber, olives, spinach, pistachio cake, the bread for the sandwiches is green too! And to drink: green mint with lemonade. Dad prefers green beer, poor Dad! Tomorrow is going to be a difficult day! My cousins in New York and Chicago in the USA are celebrating it too. Guess what! In Chicago they even colour the river green. So yes, it is going to be a great day for us all.

Love XoXo Maura!

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The person speaking is a boy named Ian T F ………………………………………………………………… She lives in Northern Ireland. T F ………………………………………………………………………. Today is the seventeenth of March. T F ………………………………………………………………… People celebrate their revolution. T F ………………………………………………………………… Saint Patrick is the Patron Saint of Ireland. T F …………………………………………………………… The main colour associated is blue. T F …………………………………………………………… They do nothing special on that day. T F …………………………………………………………… She ‘s going to a big parade in the capital. T F …………………………………………………………… The capital of Eire is Belfast. T F …………………………………………………………… The main emblem is the three leaf shamrock. T F …………………………………………………………… Another name for shamrock is clover. T F …………………………………………………………… After the parade, Maura will go back home and that’s it. T F ……………………………………………… They have decorated their house green. T F …………………………………………………………… They are going to wear orange costumes. T F ………………………………………………………………….. They are going to eat green food. T F …………………………………………………………… Ireland is nicknamed Sapphire Ireland. T F …………………………………………………………… Saint Patrick’s day is celebrated in Ireland only. T F ……………………………………………………………