St. Patrick's Day 2017 - Γ' Προχωρημένοι

Do a videoquest and a webquest and answer the 17 questions below about St Patrick’s Day... 

1. When is St Patrick’s Day? 
2. Why is this day celebrated as St Patrick’s Day? 
3. Where is it celebrated? 
4. When was St Patrick born? 
5. What happened to St Patrick at the age of 16? 
6. What did the saint see as his ‘calling’? 
7. What is a shamrock? 
8. What use did St Patrick make of the shamrock? 
9. What is a leprechaun? 
10.What should you do if you meet a leprechaun? 
11.Where is the blarney stone and what is special about it? 
12.What does the word ‘blarney’ mean today? 
13.Did St Patrick drive all the snakes out of Ireland? 
14.What should you wear on St Patrick’s Day? 
15.What do children do on St Patrick’s Day? 
16.What do people traditionally eat on St Patrick’s Day? 
17.What do pub owners do on St Patrick’s Day?


Green is the colour of Ireland. Copy in your notebook this list of "green" idioms and their meaning:

• give someone the green light- give permission to go ahead with a project
• to have a green thumb - a have a talent for making things grow
• green with envy -very jealous, full of envy
• wearing of the green - to wear green clothing on St. Patrick’s Day
• to be green around the gills -to look very sick
• green-eyed monster - jealousy
• to be green - to be inexperienced at something
• The grass is always greener on the other side - a place that is different seems better than where we are now
• folding green- paper money