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| Every year on March 17, Irish Americans celebrate Saint Patrick’s Day with parades and pageantry. The holiday honors the man who brought Christianity to Ireland in the 5th century. According to legend, Saint Patrick used the three leaves of the shamrock to explain the Christian doctrine of the Trinity. Leprechauns, a mythical race of elves who bestow their hidden treasure on anyone who can catch them, symbolize the famous “luck of the Irish.” | ||||||
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