St. Patrick is the patron saint of

• Gaelic

• United States

• Ireland

• New York City

When was St. Patrick born?

• Sometime in the fourth century B.C.

• Sometime in the fourth century A.D.

• 1737

• 1762

The Great Potato Famine caused

• Starvation in Ireland

• Irish people to leave Ireland

• About one million Irish people to come to America

• All of the above

St. Patrick's Day occurs every year on

• May 17

• March 17

• May 15

• April 15

What did St. Patrick do for the people of Ireland?

• He is credited for helping the Irish escape Ireland.

• He is credited with converting many of the Gaelic Irish people of his day, who were pagans, to Christianity. He spent 20 years traveling through Ireland building schools, churches and monasteries.

• He is credited with converting many of the Gaelic Irish people of his day, who were Protestants, to Muslim.

• none of the above

St. Patrick’s Day is on the 16th of March.

• True

• False

What color was originally associated with St. Patrick's Day?

• orange

• yellow

• blue

• white

Why do we wear green on St. Patricks' Day? (pick 2)

• It represented Irish Nationalism

• Ireland is nicknamed the Emerald Isle

• Leprechauns wear green

• It was St. Patrick's Favorite Color

What Mythical creature are leprechauns based on?

• Ogres

• Dwarfs

• Fairies

• Unicorns

Leprechauns were..

• fisherman

• tailors

• gardeners

• shoemakers