Saint Patrick's Day by Gabriela Villanueva

Saint Patrick's day is celebrated on March 17. The Irish have observed this religious holiday for over a thousand years.On Saint Patrick's day,which falls during lent season, Irish families would traditionally go to church in the morning and celebrate in the evening.Boston,Chicago,Philadelphia and Savannah they also celebrate the day with parades involving between 10,000 and 20,000 participants.He is believed to have died an March 17,around 460 a.d.

Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are FALSE,the products of hundreds of year of exaggerated storytelling.It know that St.Patrick was born in Britain wealthy parents near the end of the Fourth century.although his father was a Christian deacon, it has been suggested that he probably took on the role because of tax incentives and there is no evidence that Patrick came from a particularly religious family.At the age of sixteen,Patrick was taken from a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family' estate.

They transported him to Ireland where he spent six years in captivity. After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped.Then Patrick walked nearly 200 Miles from county Mayo, were it is believed he was help, to the Irish coast.After he escaping to the Britain,Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation an angel in a dream tell hen to return to Ireland as a missionary.