This document discusses traditions associated with St. Patrick's Day. It explains that some traditions include wearing green so leprechauns cannot see you and getting pinched if you forget. It notes that Boston has the earliest St. Patrick's Day celebrations in the US in 1737 and has many Irish pubs. It also discusses how in Chicago, they dye the river green for St. Patrick's Day and includes some video links about the tradition.

1. St. Patrick’s Day

2. St. Patrick’s Day Questions
1) Is anybody in the class Irish?
2) Did anybody in the class celebrate St. Patrick’
s Day this year?
3) What do you think people do on St. Patrick’s
Day?
4) Why did Yoli and I pinch some of you?

3. St. Patrick’s Day has
Leprechauns!

4. Evil Leprechauns!!

5. THE STORY
● Leprauchans like to pinch people on St.
Patrick’s Day.
● You should wear green, because
Leprechauns can’t see the color green!
● If you forget to wear green, your friends
pinch you to remind you to remind you.
● If enough people pinch you, you
remember to wear green the next year!

6. Boston is America’s most
Irish city!
Boston had:
The first St. Patrick’s Day
celebration in 1737
Boston has: The most Irish
pubs in the U.S.

7. Boston Celtics

8. Other Reasons Boston
Celebrates

9. Evacuation Day
● On March 17th, 1776, the colonial soldiers
defeated the British in Boston.
● This was George Washington’s first
victory!
● The British and the colonial soldiers made
an agreement: If the British wouldn’t burn
Boston, they could leave, or evacuate
peacefully in their boats

10. And in Chicago…

11. They dye the river green every St.
Patrick’s Day!
● The dye has been tested and is safe for
the environment!
● The river stays green for one day.
● The first time they dyed the river in 1962, it
stayed green for a week!

12. Kayaking

13. Videos For Your Amusement
● http://www.care2.com/greenliving/for-st-
patricks-day-a-river-runs-green-with-video.
html
● http://www.youtube.com/watch?
v=tpG6S_iF3x8