Hello everyone. Here is a short story for Saint Patrick's day. I hope that you will enjoy it. :)
A sixteen year-old Green Macaw has been kidnapped by the roman soldiers in either wales, Scotland or another close area outside, he is taken prisoner and is taken back to Ireland as a slave for the Romans in chains. His name is Patrick, he will end up becoming an famous saint of Ireland and have the date 17th of March named in his honour.
Not much is known about his past, although we do know that he remained in Ireland for many years until he managed to escape his Roman captors. He returned to his family, who are living in Britain, a country that is currently ruled by the Romans. Patrick went back to Ireland for mission work after finding a place as a cleric and then Bishop within the Christian faith.
He was born around 460, and by the 600s, he was already known as the Patron Saint of Ireland. He went on to be involved in certain legends, one where he managed to use the symbol of a Shamrock to illustrate the Holy Trinity. The three-leafed plant coincided with the Pagan religion's sanctity of the number three and is the root of the green colour theme.
Another popular belief is that St. Patrick banished the snakes from Ireland. The story says that while St. Patrick was fasting, snakes attacked him, so he chased all snakes into the ocean. However, there have never been snakes in Ireland during the post-glacial period.
The absence of snakes and symbolism involved with snakes is believed to explain the story, although it could have been referring to type of worm rather than snakes. One legend has St. Patrick sticking a walking stick into the ground while evangelizing, which turned into a tree.
Saint Patrick died on the 17th of March, the date ultimately becoming known as Saint Patrick's day as a result. Saint Patrick's day was first celebrated in America in 1737, organized by the Charitable Irish Society of Boston, including a feast and religious service.
This first celebration of the holiday in the colonies was largely to honour and celebrate the Irish culture that so many colonists had been separated from. Early celebrations continued this modest tradition. In New York, the first celebration took place as a small gathering at the home of an Irish protestant.
St. Patrick's Day parades started in New York in 1762 by a group of Irish soldiers in the British military who marched down Broadway. This began the tradition of a military theme in the parade, as they often feature marching military unites. The holiday eventually evolved from the modest religious dinner into the raucous holiday we know today.
If you are Irish, I hope that every one of you is having an awesome Saint Patrick's day. :)
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