This is about the daily adventures of my family and daughter K who is 6 years old. She has been recently diagnosed with Autism in January 2011.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
History of the Shamrock & St. Patrick
The plant used by St. Patrick to explain the Trinity (the Father, Son and Holy Spirit) when he Christianity to Ireland.
The sacred plant to the Druids because it formed the Triad and 3 way a mystical number to the Druids.
"Wearin' o' the green" the shamrock became a symbol of rebellion in the 19th century. If anyone was caught wearing it they risked being hanged. This was because of a government led religious movement against Catholics. It became the sign of the Catholic underground.
A 4 leaf clover brings good luck.
St. Patrick banished snakes from Ireland. (Some think that the "snakes" were the Druids.)
He brought Christianity to Ireland and taught the trinity by using the shamrock.
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