Saint Patrick's Day Facts Crossword Puzzle

QUESTIONS LIST:

• snakes : somehow the story or myth is or was that st. patrick long ago drove these figurative real creatures out of the country of ireland; however, these creatures never were there in the first place.
• boston : this is the american city that first celebrated march 17 in 1737 with a parade.
• new york : this city hosts the largest st, patrick's day parade in the world; over a million people attend it each year.
• chicago : this is the american city that transforms the water of its river into the color green
• saint patrick : this catholic priest was not originally irish, as he was originally from wales; however, he became the adopted patron saint of ireland.
• harp : the national symbol of ireland...
• guinness : sales figures for this beverage brewed in ireland show that 5.5 million pints of this black stuff are downed around the world every day. on st. patrick’s day, however, for one day that figure is doubled.
• the trinity : this is what the shamrock originally represented symbolically.
• blue : the original color of st. patrick....
• lucky charms : in the spirit of the irish, he is one of the most recognizable mascots in popular culture, and is still used to sell this popular general mills breakfast cereal.
• usa : this country has the more people of irish blood, 34 million, than any other country on earth.
• truman : he was the first u.s. president ever to attend a st. patrick's day parade in 1948, six years before fahrenheit 451 was published.
• limerick : the english city of the u.k. named for short, five-line rhyming poems.