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Saint Patrick's Day, March 17, is an 1)__________ celebration of the patron saint of Ireland.

It is a national holiday in Ireland, and millions of Irish people all over the 2)__________

where there are Irish communities celebrate. Celebrations are 3)__________ on all things

Irish and the colour green. City authorities in Chicago even 4)__________ the city’s river

green for this day. Many people wear green clothes, eat Irish food and drink the Irish drink

Guinness, which many bars also 5) __________ and dye green. There are also traditional

St Patrick’s Day parades. The one in Dublin is 6)__________ over five days and attracts

half a million people. The New York parade is the 7) __________, with two million spectators.

Many people with no Irish connections celebrate and __________ themselves Irish for a day.

Saint Patrick was a Christian missionary. Some 9) __________ say he was born in England,

while others 10)__________ he was Italian. Most agree he lived in the fifth 11) __________.

When he was sixteen, he was captured and taken as a slave to Ireland. He lived as a slave for

six years before 12) __________. He joined the church to 13)__________ as a priest and became

a missionary in the north and west of Ireland. Legend has it that Patrick drove all the 14)__________

out of Ireland. There are many other legends about Patrick that have cemented him as a key part

of Irish culture. March 17 is believed to be the 15) __________ of his death.

Unlike other saints, Patrick was never canonized by a Pope, although most

Christian churches 16)__________ him as a “Saint in Heaven”.