Saint Patrick´s day
Saint Patrick´s day is one of the most important days for Irish people.
But, who was Saint Patrick?
Saint Patrick was born with the name of Maewyn in 387, in Bennhaven Taberniae, current day Scotland.
At the age of 16 he was captured by Irish raiders and taken as a slave.
A few years later he escaped and started to preach Catholicism in Ireland.
By the seventh century, he had come to be revered as the patron saint of Ireland.
Saint Patrick's Day is observed on March 17, the date of Patrick's death.
On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families would traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat were waived and people would dance, drink and feast—on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
That day, people, streets, shops, schools,... turn green. This colour symbolizes the spring (a season that starts a few days later).
The shamrock is the image or the symbol of the party and symbolizes good luck.
Saint Patrick used a shamrock to explain the mystery of The Holy Trinity
Finally, shamrocks, beers and green colours, are the main elements of Saint Patrick´s day.
