Saint Patrick's Day
March seventeenth holiday
Saint Patrick's Day is an annual celebration on March 17 honoring the patron saint of Ireland.
Originally a Catholic feast day, it has become a broader celebration of Irish culture, marked by parades, green clothing, shamrocks, and drinking.
The holiday is widely observed in Ireland, the United States, and anywhere with Irish diaspora communities: The bars were packed for Saint Patrick's Day.
- shamrockThree-leafed Irish emblem
- paradesPublic celebratory processions
- greenColor of vegetation
- Irish folkloreTraditional tales from Éire
- danceRhythmic bodily movement
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- Irish pastimesGaelic football, hurling, traditional music, pub culture, Irish music
- festivalsfestival, festivals, carnival, carnivals, Carnival
- partiesbirthday party, party, costume party, house party, dinner party
- European Folkloremaypole, Morris dancing, folk dancing, folk costume, folk costumes
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