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Hi, my name is
Kaleb.
My favorite holiday is St. Patrick's Day
because it's near my birthday, and green
is my favorite color.
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History
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We celebrate Saint Patrick's Day
each year on March 17th. The holiday has
everyone wearing green. Did you know that
Saint Patrick's name at birth was Maewyn
Succat? He became "Patrick" after he
became a priest. He believed that it was
his calling bring people to Christianity.
He used the shamrock, which looks like a
three-leafed clover, to help explain the
Trinity (Father, Son, Holy Spirit). Today
many people wear a shamrock to commemorate
Saint Patrick's Day.
Patrick died on March 17 in 461 AD.
That day has been celebrated as St.
Patrick's Day ever since. The first year
St. Patrick's Day was celebrated in this
country was 1737 in Boston, Massachusetts.
As they say, on this day "everybody is
Irish!"
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Three
St. Patrick's Recipes
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St. Patrick's Day
Punch
Ingredients:
1/2 gallon lime sherbet
2 liter 7-up or Sprite
Let the sherbet soften in the
refrigerator for about 1 to 2 hours before
preparing. Mix sherbet & soda in punch
bowl or large mixing bowl with a hand
mixer on medium speed until well blended.
Serve immediately or chill in the
refrigerator. The kids love it when I make
this and Shamrock cookies with green
icing! I've also been known to add some
green food coloring to scrambled eggs for
breakfast - then we have to read "Green
Eggs and Ham"!Submitted by Carol Welch
Soda Bannock -
Fruit Bread
Ingredients:
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8 ounces of flour (2 cups)
1 level teaspoon of salt
1 level teaspoon of cream of
Tartar
1 level teaspoon of baking
soda
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Buttermilk (about 1/8
liter)
1/2 ounce butter (1/8 of a
stick)
1/2 ounce sugar (1/8 cup)
optional: 1 oz dried fruit (1/4
cup, traditionally
raisins)
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Sieve the flour, salt, cream of Tartar
and baking soda.
Rub in the butter with your
fingertips.
Add the sugar and raisins, mix well.
Mix in a small amount of buttermilk to
form a wet dough - the amount is about 1/8
of a liter box of buttermilk. You should
be able to pick up and handle the dough,
but it should also be pretty damp and
stretch easily.
Dust a countertop with flour and knead the
dough a little (the fun part of bread
making!).
Then form the dough into an oval shape a
couple of inches high, roll it in flour
and place it in a floured baking pan.
Flatten it to about 1 - 1/2 inches height
with the backs of your hands in the
pan.
Bake for half an hour at 350 F. Check that
the center is cooked with a toothpick
before you take it out.
Submitted by Hillary Willliamson
Leprechaun
Pudding
Ingredients:
one 1-ounce box of sugar free instant
pistachio pudding for every five
children
1/2 cup of milk per child
1 small, resealable plastic bag per
child
1/2 cup measuring cup
1 spoon per child.
Put tablespoon of pudding mix in sandwich
bag and milk, then close the baggy and
have kids shake and squeeze, then eat.
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Blarney
Stone
Blarney Castle is located
in County Cork, Ireland, and
built in 1446 by Cormac Laidhim
McCarthy. The Blarney stone is
located in the southern tower
wall near the main castle In
order to kiss the stone one has
to lie on their back and bend
backward, and downward holding
iron bars for support. It is said
that the Blarney stone has
magical powers. As legend has it
an old woman cast a spell on the
stone to reward a king who had
saved her from drowning. Kissing
the stone gave the king the
ability to speak sweetly and
nicely.
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