Here's a fun St. Patrick's Day quiz. Are these true or false?
1. A legend regarding St. Patrick is that he rid Ireland of snakes by ringing his bell.
2. We celebrate St. Patrick’s Day on March 17th because that is when St. Patrick died.
3. The holiday got its American start in 1737 in Boston.
4. The shamrock was a sacred plant in ancient Ireland because it symbolized the rebirth of spring.
5. St. Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity to the Irish.
6. There are more Americans of Irish origin than there are Irish in Ireland.
7. Delaware, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire Irish are the leading ancestral group.
8. On St. Patrick’s Day, you can bring yourself good luck by finding a four-leaf clover, wearing green and kissing the Blarney stone.
Ready for the answers?
All of them are true!
