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Which legendary Irish beings wore green?

What is fairies and immortals

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What are the colors of the Irish flag?

Green, white, and orange

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What is the national emblem of Ireland?
What is the shamrock
100

Where was the first St. Patrick’s Day parade ever recorded in North America?

Boston. It was a dinner held by the Charitable Irish Society, the oldest Irish society in America, which still holds a dinner on March 17 today.

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What is a traditional Irish meal to have on St. Patrick's day? 

Corned beef, cabbage and Irish soda bread 

200

What is another name for Ireland?

"The Emerald Isle"

200

Which American city dyes their rivers green in celebration of St. Patrick's Day?

What is BOSTON

200
Legend says that each leaf on the clover means something: the first for hope, the second for faith, the third for love and the fourth for... ?
What is luck
200

What year was the very first St. Patrick's Day parade?

What is 1737

200
What do many bars across the U.S. sell on St. Patrick's Day to keep the spirit of the holiday up?
What is green beer
300

What religion celebrates St. Patrick's day? 

What is Catholicism 

300

Which American city is there a ceremony where a green stripe is painted down every road?

What is SEATTLE

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What do the three leaves of a shamrock symbolize on St. Patrick’s Day?

The Holy Trinity (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), according to the legend that Saint Patrick used the shamrock to illustrate the concept to potential converts. It can also symbolize love, hope, and faith.

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Which city hosts the LARGEST St. Patrick's Day parade in the world?
What is New York City
300

What is a boxty?

An Irish Potato cake.

often described as a combination of a pancake, hash brown, and potato latke, made with both mashed and grated potatoes, and pan-fried until crispy on the outside and fluffy inside.

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Who was represented by the snakes that St. Patrick had "driven out" of Ireland by converting to Christianity?
What are the Pagans
400

What two colors must you mix to create green?

What are blue and yellow?

400

What's the difference between a clover and a shamrock? 

Clover can have one, two, three or more leaves. Shamrocks have exactly 3 and are an iconic Irish symbol

400

In what Canadian East Coast city is St. Patrick celebrated for  whole week instead of just a day? 

Saint John, New Brunswick. Shortly after the JP Collins Celtic Festival is an Irish festival celebrating Saint John's Irish heritage. The festival is named for a young Irish doctor James Patrick Collins who worked on Partridge Island (Saint John County) quarantine station tending to sick Irish immigrants before he died there himself.

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This custom of floating a shamrock on the top of a whiskey before drinking it is called what?
What is Drowning the Shamrock
500

What year did St. Patrick die

what is 461 AD

500
What is the reason for wearing green on St. Patrick's Day?
What is to not be pinched
500
About how many regular three leaf clovers are found in comparison to every "lucky" four leaf clover?
What is about 10,000 regular per every lucky one.
500

Which city holds the largest St. Patrick's day parade in Canada each year? 

What is Montreal, Quebec? this parade has been celebrated every year, making it the oldest and largest after New York's parade. The Saint Patrick's Day parade takes place in downtown Montreal and starts at noon at the corner of Fort and De Maisonneuve streets. 

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What is colcannon?

A creamy dish of mashed potatoes and cabbage, often with greens like kale, scallions, or leeks.