Today is St Patrick's Day. So who was St Patrick? Well he was born in Wales around 402 AD. When he was just a teenage boy he was captured and taken to Ireland where he was sold as a slave. Six years later he escaped and returned home. He then studied to become a "PRIEST" and after becoming a "BISHOP" he went back to Ireland to teach people about "CHRISTIANITY".
There is also a legend that the reason there are no snakes in Ireland is because St Patrick chased them all into the sea.
Now each year on March 17th people celebrate his life and Irish culture by wearing GREEN and marching in "Parades". The largest St Patrick's Day Parade is in New York, where many Irish people "IMMIGRATED".
"Priest" ( a leader of the church)
"Bishop" (a very high level priest)
"Christianity" (the Christian religion)
"Immigrate" (to move to and live in another country)
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