St. Patrick was born in Britain, around 385. His parents Calpurnius and Conchessa were _____ citizens living in either Scotland or Wales, and not Ireland.
After becoming a priest, he changed his name to Patricius, from the Latin term meaning '_____'.
Legend has it that he used the native shamrock as a symbol of the _____ when preaching and brought the Latin alphabet to Ireland.
Contrary to legend, St. Patrick never rid Ireland of _____ because post-glacial Ireland is one of the few countries in the World that never had them.
After spending most of his life getting beat up in Ireland preaching to druids, St. Patrick was largely forgotten after his _____ on March 17 461.
Over the centuries the legends began to crop up and he was eventually declared the patron saint of _____.
St. Patrick's Day is a national holiday in Ireland, and on the island of _____ in the Caribbean, which was founded by Irish refugees.
It is also a bank holiday in Northern Ireland and a provincial holiday in the Canadian province of _____.
The first St. Patrick’s Day parade took place in New York in the _____.
The color of St. Patrick was actually _____, not green. Green only came later, possibly due to the country's green countryside.
St. Patrick's Day wasn't a national holiday in Ireland until 1903, and the first parade in Dublin did not occur until _____.
St. Patrick's Day falls during _____, but the restriction of drinking alcohol are lifted for the day. This is believed to be the reason why drinking became such a strong tradition.
From 1903 to 1970 most _____ in Ireland were closed on St. Patrick's day because they were not allowed to work on a religious holiday.
The phrase, 'Drowning the _____' is from the custom of floating the _____ on the top of whiskey before drinking it.
There are more people with Irish ancestry in the _____ (34 million) than in Ireland (4 million).
Dublin has a parade that attracts hundreds of thousands of people, while in _____ the river is dyed green.
The biggest parade is normally held in New York, while the largest celebration in the southern hemisphere is in _____.
Important notice: Don’t be fooled by any holiday decorations showing lady ____. In traditional Irish folk tales, there are no female ____, only nattily attired little guys
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