Irish Fun Facts
The date St. Patrick's Day is celebrated
What is March 17th?
On St. Patrick's Day we wear this color so that we don't get pinched
What is Green
A vegetable with eyes that tastes great mashed or fried
What are potatoes?
St. Patrick is the patron saint of what country?
What is Ireland?
How long was the original lease signed for the Guinness Brewery?
What is 9,000 years
The National flower of Ireland
What is the shamrock?
Which city boasts the largest St. Patrick's day parade in the world?
What is New York City
A green vegetable that can be eaten boiled or used in coleslaw
What is cabbage?
For six long years Patrick worked as what, taking care of his master's sheep?
What is a shepherd?
What are green, white and orange
The dance that is done to lively Irish music
What is the Irish Jig?
What city dyes their river green on the Saturday before St Patrick's Day?
What is Chicago
A special type of meat eaten especially on St. Patrick's Day
What is corned beef?
Patrick charmed these reptiles out of Ireland
What are snakes?
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In Ireland, what does the color green stand for?
What is Hope
What is a Leprechaun?
What is a type of fairy
This US city was the first to celebrate St. Patrick's Day
What is Boston
This is a fungus that is called a toadstool but if you look for this at a market it is called by another name
What is a mushroom?
In 50 years Patrick built over 300 of these to help spread Christianity to the Irish
What are churches?
Most people in Ireland speak English, but there is an Irish language. What is it called?
What is Gaelic
A word the Irish use that means small
What is the word "wee"?
When did St. Patrick's Day become an official public holiday in Ireland?
What is 1903?
This is an Irish food that you can eat like toast
What is Irish soda bread?
Patrick often used this in his sermons to illustrate the message of the Holy Trinity
What is the shamrock?
What was the original color of St. Patricks Day?
What is Blue