When is St. Patrick's Day is celebrated?
March 17th
As legend states every leprechaun has this hidden in a secret place.
A pot of gold.
A vegetable with eyes that tastes great mashed or fried.
Potatoes.
St. Patrick is the patron saint of what country?
Ireland.
What is a shillelagh?
a) The name of a city
b) A kind of food.
c) A type of heavy club or walking stick.
c) A type of heavy club or walking stick.
What is the National flower of Ireland?
Shamrock.
If captured a leprechaun must give up this. What object is it?
His golden treasure.
A green vegetable that can be eaten boiled or used in coleslaw.
Cabbage.
For six long years Patrick worked as what, taking care of his master's sheep?
A shepherd.
What is blarney?
a) A kind of Irish talk that flatters you to try to get a favor.
b) Traditional clothes from Ireland
c) The name of a traditional pub
a) A kind of Irish talk that flatters you to try to get a favor.
What is the dance that is done to lively Irish music?
The Irish Jig.
Leprechauns are especialy tricky and often turn themselves into different animals to fool you into thinking they are something they aren't. What animals are those?
Rabbits or squirrels.
A special type of meat eaten especially on St. Patrick's Day.
Corned beef.
Patrick charmed these reptiles out of Ireland.
Snakes.
What is Ireland's nickname?
a) Green land
b) Emerald Isle
c) Shamrock Country
b) Emerald Isle
What color do we wear on St. Patrick's Day so that we don't get pinched?
Green.
Leprechauns love to play tricks on people, causing them to drop or spill things. They often hide keys and other belongings, just to frustrate us. TRUE OR FALSE?
TRUE.
This is a fungus that is called a toadstool but if you look for this at a market it is called by another name.
Mushroom.
In 50 years Patrick built over 300 of these to help spread Christianity to the Irish.
Churches.
What do the Irish kiss for good luck?
a) Blarney stone
b) A shamrock
c) A green object
a) Blarney stone.
What word do the Irish use that means small?
"wee"
When leprechauns are caught they often trick their captors into doing this, just for a split second so that they can make their escape.
a) running away
b) looking away
c) passing away
B) Looking away.
This is an Irish food that you can eat like toast.
Irish soda bread.
Patrick often used this in his sermons to illustrate the message of the Holy Trinity.
A shamrock.
What is the dwarf that guards the precious treasure?
A gnome.