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What is Saint Patrick’s Day Really About?

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I realize St. Patrick’s Day has passed but I was eager to share this anyway… When I think about St. Patrick’s Day, I think about four leaf clovers, leprechauns, rainbows and pots of gold. The purpose behind Saint Patrick’s Day has little to do with most of this. As a teen in the early 400’s Patrick was captured and brought over from what is now Scotland to be a slave in Ireland. No, he wasn’t the first missionary and no, he didn’t literally drive any snakes away as some legends proclaim. He was the grandson of a priest and the … Continue reading →

Clover Stationery

Add a little St. Patrick’s Day fun to your letters, envelopes, school papers, bookmarks or scrapbooks with these easy ways to make clover designs. 1. Dip the end of an unused pencil eraser in a green stamp pad. Stamp three of four clover leaves to make a shamrock. Add a stem with a green marker or dip just the edge of the eraser back in the stamp pad and stamp a stem. 2. Press your finger onto a washable stamp pad, or color your finger pad with washable marker and press down on the paper to make a clover leaf. … Continue reading →