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St. Patrick's Day Cloze Exercise

age	changed	Christain	culture	escape
established	Eventually	Ireland	Irish	language
learned	legend	miracles	near	Once
people	raised	religious	sent	snakes
St. Patrick's Day	stories	studied	traveled	went
worshipped	year	years

St. Patrick's Day is a _________________ holiday that has its roots in _________________. St. Patrick, whose real name was Maewyn Succat, was born sometime around the _________________ 389 A.D. At the _________________ of 16, Maewyn was kidnapped by _________________ pirates who had landed _________________ his home in England. During the _________________ that he was in Ireland, he _________________ the Irish _________________ and way of life. Having been born of _________________ parents and _________________ in a Christian home, Maewyn was troubled because the Irish _________________ many gods and spirits.

_________________, Maewyn was able to _________________ from Irish slavery. He _________________ to France where he _________________ to become a priest. After 14 years of study, he was _________________ back to Ireland as a Bishop by the Pope. _________________ back in Ireland, Maewyn, who by now had _________________ his name to Patrick, _________________ all across the island and _________________ churches and schools. According to _________________, he also performed many _________________. One of the best known _________________ tells of Patrick driving all the _________________ out of Ireland.

In the United States, _________________ has come to represent the Irish _________________ and the contributions of its _________________ to the United States.

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