Archive for March 17th, 2008
Mar
17
This is Julia, as I was preparing our school lesson for today, I got to thinking “Where did St. Patrick’s Day come from?” Well, here are some interesting facts that I found in my research.
Maewyn, born in Wales about 385AD, who later changed his name to “Patrick” in his own words as a young lad was a pagen. Later in life he turned from his ways found God and believed it was his calling to convert pagens to Christianity. He later became the Bishop of Ireland, and was very successful in his calling.
Patrick died on March 17 in 461AD. On that day St. Patrick’s Day was declared and has been celebrated ever since. It came to America in the 1700’s.
Did you know up until the 1970’s all pubs in Ireland were closed on this day in honor of Patrick. It is also said, fact or fiction no one knows, that Patrick used the shamrock to explain the Trinity – each leaf represented the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit could all be seperate but yet 1.
I hope you have found these tidbits of information interesting. I would like to hear your comments.
In it’s truest sence, Happy St. Patricks Day!