ST. PATRICK'S DAY

• MARCH 17TH IS A GREAT DAY FOR THE IRISH. YOU ARE GOING TO FIND OUT WHY, BUT FIRST WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO AND LEARN THE WORDS.

• NOW WATCH THE FOLLOWING VIDEO ABOUT THE HISTORY OF ST. PATRICK'S DAY AND COMPLETE THE QUIZ

• Limerick is a city in Ireland, but it is also a humorous poem. These poems have got five lines rhyming A A B B A. They start introducing a person and a place. Here you are two examples and then watch the video to listen to the rhythm. You can also have a look at this page

There was an old man from Peru
who dreamed he was eating his shoe
he awoke in the fright
 in the dark of the night
to find it was perfectly true

There was a young lady of Spain 
who got very sick on a train
not once but again
and again and again
and again and again and again