Fun Facts:

St. Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March

17th

Children typically wear orange on St.

Patrick’s day

Adults wear a bunch of clovers on their

coats

34 million Americans have Irish ancestry

There are 10,000 3-leaf clovers to every 1

lucky 4-leaf clover

White: Signifies purity and

innocence

Red: Signifies valor and

bravery

Blue: Signifies vigilance, perseverance, and justice

Green: Represents the

Catholic Church

Orange: Represents the

Protestant Church

White: Represents the

peace between them that brings them

together as a nation

Peat and Moss for Gardening

Religion

Musical Instruments

Irish people celebrate

Christmas, Halloween, Easter, St. Patrick’s

Day, and other holidays as well as we

do.

People in Ireland are rural, which in WV

we are a rural state.

One difference is Religion

Another is that St. Patrick’s Day is their

national holiday in the republic, while we

have the Fourth of July

Saint Patrick's Day History from the History

Channel