Another tradition includes many Irish-American people in the United States eating corned beef and cabbage on St. Patrick's Day. People also gather to watch parades of traditional Irish dancers and musicians as they march through city streets.
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He is believed to have been born in either Scotland or Wales and sold into slavery in Ireland as a child. This year, and every year, it is celebrated on 17 March. Prior to that, blue was often worn to celebrate. Shamrocks — clover-like plants with three leaves — were, according to legend, used by St Patrick to explain the Holy Trinity to the pagan Irish.
Often depicted as little men, leprechauns are usually pictured with a pot of gold at the end of a rainbow. They are mischievous fairies known for playing jokes on people. But legend has it, if you catch one he will give you three wishes.
Parties featuring Irish food and drinks that are dyed in green food color are part of this celebration. Many restaurants and pubs offer Irish food or drink, which include:. It is on Station Island in Lough Derg in County Donegal where St Patrick had a vision promising that all who came to the sanctuary in penitence and faith would receive a pardon for their sins.
Therefore traffic and parking may be temporarily affected in streets and public areas where parades are held in towns and cities. St Patrick is one of the patron saints of Ireland.
He is said to have died on March 17 in or around the year He grew up in Roman Britain, but was captured by Irish raiders and taken to Ireland as a slave when he was a young adult.
After some years he returned to his family and entered the church, like his father and grandfather before him. He later returned to Ireland as a missionary and worked in the north and west of the country. According to popular legend, St Patrick rid Ireland of snakes.
However, it is thought that there have been no snakes in Ireland since the last ice age. The "snakes" that St Patrick banished from Ireland, may refer to the druids or pagan worshipers of snake or serpent gods.
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