ENGLISH CREATIVE WRITING CONTEST 2023

These are the stories for the 9th grade English creative writing contest. This year, the condition was that stories should have a connection with Saint Patrick's Day.

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The coordinator of the English group (3.º ciclo)

Don't throw away luck on little stuff. Save it up.

Tim O'Brien

Marie,11 years old, was in New York with her aunt Autelinda, at a St. Patrick’s parade. She was attached to her aunt and loved her above all else and she pretty much lived her whole life with her. They were watching the parade when the aunt disappeared.

Three months went by, until one day, she turns the TV on and sees on the news that her aunt was killed. The poor girl is so sad that she starts crying, not knowing what to do, desperately calling for her aunt…

It’s been six months since the aunt died. The funny and playful girl became an impatient, and nervous person. She started to experience anxiety crisis, among other things. It’s 17th March, Marie is at St. Patrick’s parade, where the aunt had disappeared. She cries without consolation. The loss of her aunt made Marie to be hated by everyone. They said she turned into a promiscuous girl, and a lot of other barbarities.

During all these years she suffered a lot, but she never gave up on her dreams. Even though she died at the age of 45, this girl was finally at peace.

ST PATRICK’S TREASURE

On March 17, 2022 in Ireland there was an invasion made by elves. They wore black waistcoats under a green coat that matched their hats. People got scared because they didn’t know what that was.

Only one kid was brave enough to approach them and ask who they were and what their intentions were. One of the elves felt like he was different, and special, and decided not to hurt him. The elf answered: “We came to get what belongs to us and was taken from us a long time ago.”

The innocent boy asks: “And what was taken from you?”

“Our treasure.” – The elf answers. “Can I help you find that treasure?” - The boy asks.

The elf said yes. They needed help.

“Ok, we are going to start introducing ourselves. I’m the ginger elf. Who are you?” - one of the elves says. “I’m Patrick Junior. It’s a tribute to my dead grandfather. Today is his death’s birthday.”

Elf- “Is your grandfather St. Patrick?”

Boy- “Yes, he left some memories behind.”

Elf- “You were exactly who we were searching for. Thank you boy.”

ST. PATRICK’S MIRACLE

Telo, a very poor boy, son of a brave warrior, Guts, was wondering around his village and noticed a very gorgeous female. Who was she? Where did she come from? Nothing mattered, he just wanted to talk to her. Some time has passed since he last saw her. He was concerned, her name was Katarina.

Two years have passed but he felt the same, something immaculate, an indescribable passion for someone he hadn’t even met. Telo is now a 15-year-old-teenager, accepted into a good college to study medicine.

One day, he saw something he could not believe: it was her, the same girl he had seen 4 years ago. He was stunned, it was 17th March, St. Patrick’s Day. Was it a blessing or just luck?

He got the braveness from his father and spoke to her with all his heart, face to face, eye to eye. She was shocked. She had never experienced such heart melting words with meaning on them. Ten years have passed since that day and now they are married. I truly believe it was the effect of St. Patrick’s Day.

ST. PATRICK’S DAY PROTEST AGAINST DISCRIMINATION

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St. Patrick’s Day was approaching, and so Zack started thinking on what he could, maybe use the theme of the day for a protest against discrimination. He discussed that with his friend John.

They came up with a plan: organising a parade with shamrocks, clovers, and much more, with a lot of noise and music in front of the government headquarters. They wanted the American government to listen to them and to give harsher punishments to discrimination, while also encouraging people to report discrimination.

They recruited people and talked with some companies. On March 17th, they started the parade at 5 am. They made a huge amount of noise, which soon enough caught the attention of the government The government asked what was going on, and they told them the purpose of the protest, while asking them to do what they wanted.

The government ended up accepting to do it after some time, and so the aim of the protest was fulfilled. Zack and John thought it would’ve been harder, and they were glad that it ended up working. Discrimination is not acceptable, and it should be punished.

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A little boy lived with his sick mother. As they were too poor, they didn’t have money to cure her illness. She couldn’t get out of bed, so he had to drop out of school and go to work to save her.

Today, is Saint Patrick’s Day, everyone is happy celebrating it. Even though he is poor, the boy always celebrates this day by praying a lot to God to heal his mother. It was on this date that God heard his prayers and sent Saint Patrick to realize them. Saint Patrick appears, and the boy is a bit scared. “Don’t be afraid” Saint Patrick says, “I’m here to give you this four-leaf clover for luck, and also to tell you where the gold pot is” . The boy answers: “Thank you! But how do I find the way?” Saint Patrick said: “Follow the rainbow, it is on the other side of it” . He disappears. The boy followed the rainbow. He discovered the gold pot, and he used the money that was there to cure his mother.

After this day, they have lived happily forever, never forgetting to celebrate this day.

St. Patrick's Day was fast approaching in a small Irish village. The villagers were excited, and everyone was busy preparing for the festivities. Green clovers and decorations adorned every corner, and the sweet aroma of traditional Irish dishes filled the air.

Maeve was especially excited about the day and had spent weeks preparing for it. She had created a beautiful green dress and had even dyed her hair green to match. She was determined to win the "Best Dressed" award at the parade.

On the day of the parade, she put on her green dress, painted her face with shamrocks, and joined in. As she walked down the street, she noticed the joy on everyone's faces. It was as if the entire village had come to life.

Maeve's hard work paid off when she was awarded the "Best Dressed" prize. She was overjoyed, but even more so by the love and sense of community she felt on this special day.

As the night came to an end, Maeve and the villagers gathered to sing and dance under the stars. It was a magical and unforgettable St. Patrick's Day.

Jordinaldo was a 100-year-old elf who used to walk through the streets of Dublin.

When he approached the house, he saw the door opened, apparently broken into. When he entered, he found his father on the floor of the living room and called an ambulance.

On returning home he has a strange feeling but continues his way. At home he realizes that he was controlling the furniture. He remembers the strange feeling he had previously and thinks that it was his powers awakening.

The next day he goes to the hospital to see how his father is doing, but he still hasn't woken up. Jordinaldo finally decides to enter the school of elves. Jordinaldo's beginning there was very difficult, but with a lot of strength and commitment he managed to get there and was elected the best student. Long years passed. Jordinaldo continued to go there daily, until one day, on March 17th (Saint Patrick's Day), his father finally woke up.

It's a rainy day in Ireland, all I see out of my window is happy people in the streets, proudly wearing green and celebrating St. Patrick’s, I never really understood why people were so obsessed with it.

I got up from my messy bed to get a wine glass so I could go back to reading my book close to the window. As I was reading, I started hearing music outside. I looked out of the window and there were old people dancing while this woman was the playing piano. She was stunning. I couldn't help but keep staring at her. I guess she noticed me and looked up at me, and gave me a smile and gestured for me to go down.

I went to the coffee shop under my apartment so I wouldn’t get soaked, and there she was. We spent hours talking. I never felt more interested in someone’s life, until she needed to go.

I’ll see you around Fiona, she said, as we exchanged numbers before she left, I hope to see you around too, Lidia.

I guess St. Patrick’s isn’t that bad.

ST. PATRICK’S

Everyone remembers the war between Ukraine and Russia, thousands of people died, cities were destroyed. Many soldiers were sent to war, all with a deadly mindset, but among them he stood out as a soldier, his name was Robby Keane sent from Ireland.

Robby Keane was a little boy who didn't have the heart to kill anyone, not even a single fly. He was in the trenches, and it was rainy day.

General Gordon placed Keane in the front line, in a new trench. The terrified little boy was in the midst of many bombs and bullets. Keane spotted some bushes to hide in. Luckily, in those bushes he sees a small plant, a four-leaf clover, a lucky sign in his land. He takes the clover and raises it towards the sun. A great rainbow appeared, crossing the battlefield, towards the Russians. A boiler of 500 tons of gold falls, exploding in the enemy’s territory, making Ukraine win the war.

Two months later, he won a medal of honour for the victory, and became famous. He felt humbled and honoured to bring a medal to his homeland.

THE SEARCH FOR THE POT OF GOLD

On St. Patrick’s Day, a group of friends consisting of Samantha, Daniel, Sarah and Lucas set out on an adventure in Crookstown to find out if the myth of the pot of gold was true.

While they were walking through a field, they came across a rainbow stretching across the sky and Lucas told everyone to jump on the rainbow. As they were walking on the rainbow, the group got fascinated by a shiny light coming from the end of it. All of them thought it could be the pot of gold.

They ran on the rainbow until they reached the ground. However, when the four friends got there, they didn’t see any pot of gold, they only saw a letter that said: “You’ve come this far for the gold, but I’ve given you something much better… Those friends who came with you are more valuable than any money I could ever give you”.

The group of friends got so surprised that they couldn’t even speak, but they realised the letter wasn’t wrong, because not everyone would go that far to find something they didn’t even know existed.

A NIGHT OF TERROR ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY

Mary was excited about St. Patrick's Day. She loved parties with green clothes, cold beer, and lively dancing. This year she decided to celebrate at a local pub that was having a party. While having fun, Mary met a mysterious man in green who caught her attention. He had a seductive smile and eyes that sparkled like emeralds. Mary and the man spent the night dancing and drinking together until he invited her on a tour around the city. As they walked, Mary began feeling strange. Her legs started to feel weak, and she felt dizzy. The man took her to a dark alley and hugged her tightly. It was then that Mary realized he wasn't human - he was a leprechaun.

The leprechaun chuckled and bared its sharp teeth as it prepared to devour Mary. However, she had an idea. She quickly threw some salt on the ground, causing the leprechaun to go blind for a moment. Mary managed to escape and ran without looking back.

Since then, Mary has avoided St. Patrick's Day and all things related to leprechauns. She fears this evil creature might come back to find her.

SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

Two women decided to create a time machine to learn more about Saint Patrick's life.

Five years later, it was time to test the machine, on the first try, the guinea pig broke in the middle, on the second try, it burned, and in the other attempts it didn't even make the teleport. They were about to give up, but the guinea pig had disappeared which meant they had finally made it. They entered in the machine and travelled.

They found themselves face to face with Saint Patrick's mother, but were in trouble, because they had supposedly stolen some apples from her garden.

- I'm going to tell the priest that you are sinners, and you need to be punished.

They didn’t understand what was going on until Patrick said it was him who gave them those apples.

Saint Patrick smiled “Now that we're friends, how about going with me on an adventure?” The two women also smiled and thought twice before agreeing, and thus lived all the exploits and adventures together with saint Patrick.

This is the story of a poor boy called Marco. He was born in Venezuela. When he was a child, he had to run away with his parents to Ireland, because of the war. In his first year, he heard a story about a pot of gold at the end of the rainbow and he became interested.

Ten years later, on St Patrick’s day morning, Marco saw a rainbow. He was so tired of being poor that he decided to go search for the gold. He packed his bag and left home.

The journey was hard. Marco had to walk a lot and cross a river.

When he got to the end, he only saw an old man, St Patrick who told Marco that only the person with the purest heart could have the gold. Marco had to respond to many questions to see if he could get the gold. Seeing Marco’s answers St Patrick gave him the gold.

When Marco got home, his family was so happy and grateful that they could not stop crying. Now Marco and his family can finally live a good life.

Once upon a time, there were some leprechauns in a village around Northern Ireland, they enjoyed playing pranks on the British that escaped from Henry VIII. During Saint Patrick’s Day, they decided to share a moment with them, gave them some of their gold from their pot and did not play pranks with them.

This action made Henry VIII extremely angry. He searched for every leprechaun that could be found in Ireland. This is where our protagonist, Lucky, appears. Lucky has always been the laziest leprechaun in Ireland, but today is the day. He saw his family getting killed in front of his eyes by the King’s guards and decided it was enough.

He went all around Ireland helping his green friends out, with his gang of other 3 leprechauns, his friend Ciara, Walsh and Mc Carthy. As they slowly kicked out the King’s Guards, they saw their friends and family get killed. The only one who survived was Murphy, who could not hold off the British.

Lucky got killed in the final conflict, England still controls Northern Ireland. Free Ireland!

THE EDGE OF THE RAINBOW

It was St. Patrick’s Day, and the weather was sunny in Beacon Hills. Daisy is a smart girl who goes to Beacon Hills college.

She was going home after her classes were over, when she saw a little boy disguised as an elf staring at her with a strange face. She didn’t think much about it and continued to walk home. When Daisy was arriving home, she noticed that the boy was following her and she decided to go talk to him, but he started running away.

Daisy was always curious, so she ran after him to know what was going on. She chased him into a forest and they got to the edge of a rainbow. Daisy finally reached him and took his mask off to see who he was. The boy’s face was covered in blood and wounds. She was horrified and passed out.

She woke up in the hospital and heard her parents talking to the doctor. “Since she ran away from that kid 4 years ago on St. Patrick’s Day, she has hallucinations, and we always find her in the woods near the place of the accident.”

TARA THE REVENGER

Once upon a time, a little girl named Tara was reading by a tree, when suddenly she heard a strange noise coming from a bush. She goes near it to see what is happening, and when she was by the bush unexpectedly, she sees the teen titans in a leprechaun form.

“Is that for Saint Patrick's day?”-She asks. “Yes it is”- Robin answers, slowly approaching Tara. Robin notices that the book that Tara is carrying is valuable, so he tries to steal it, Tara notices so she picks it up and slams Robin with it.

The teen titans then proceed to run away but Tara runs after them. The teen titans think that Tara lost track of them so they start walking to their secret cave, but they don’t know that Tara is secretly following them. Tara notices the big pot of gold and steals it while the teen titans are watching TV, so Tara takes revenge by exploding the cave.

Tara then buys a mansion, a dog named Fury and gets a new job as a businesswoman. THE END!

It was a beautiful morning in the city of Cork. Three friends rode their bicycles through the city while talking about the adventures of their ancestors.

Then one of them says that in this town there was a scary haunted house, but they decided to go back and return the next day because one of the friends was crippled.

The following day, after school, they returned to the haunted house and decided to enter. As soon as they entered, they saw that there were some paintings that were signed with a name that was not strange to them, one of them remembered that there was a St. Patrick's Day and it was the name that was written on the signature. Looking a little better they found a book with the gospel that St Patrick spread, and they found a giant clover that St Patrick used to explain the mystery of the Blessed Trinity: due to the fact that its leaves are divided into three and attached to a single stem, just as God is an entity with three persons.

One afternoon 3 friends were playing in a park when an elf shot them with bad luck. At first, they didn't realize it but the 3 began to suffer from bad luck.

They started studying about elves to stop having bad luck, but they failed. Then the 3 found a magic book and they discovered they had found a gold pot to destroy the bad luck. They don't know how to find the pot. They have seen a rainbow and had an idea: to go to the beginning of the rainbow.

They walked through forests, swam trough lakes and then they found the pot of gold but there was an elf protecting it. The three tried to come up with a plan to attempt to get the gold. Suddenly the elf that had cursed them, appears and ruins everything. The three friends were stunned. At that moment the three found a four-leaf clover and managed to defeat the opponent. Finally freed from bad luck, the friends returned home to celebrate for the victory and St. Patrick’s Day.

SHAMROCK KNIGHTS: THE QUEST FOR THE FOUR-LEAF CLOVER

On a cold night in Northern Ireland, the "Shamrock Knights", a group of knights who fight with shamrocks and protect Ireland, got together to plan the celebrations for St. Patrick's Day.

However, an evil sorceress named Morrigan cursed the land, causing all clovers to die. The knights were powerless, but a young woman named Saoirse appeared, claiming to be the daughter of a legendary hero who had defeated Morrigan before. She revealed that the only way to break the curse was to find a four-leaf clover and use it to create a new one.

The knights embarked on a perilous quest to find the Clover, facing monsters and obstacles. Eventually they succeeded, and Saoirse used her powers to create a new clover even stronger than before.

The knights were grateful for the victory but felt a sense of sadness when the journey ended. They grew as individuals and as a team and raised a toast to St. Patrick's Day, the day that brought them together and inspired them to become the Shamrock Knights.

THE HORRIFIC ST. PATRICK’S DAY

It was a dark and stormy night, and the only light came from the flickering street lamps. A young couple was walking home after a night out, passing through an old graveyard. As they passed by a large Celtic cross, they noticed something strange. The cross seemed to be glowing with an eerie green light, the air was frigid.

As they approached the cross, they heard whispers in Gaelic, but they couldn't understand. Suddenly, a hand shot out from the ground and grabbed the woman's ankle, pulling her down into the earth. The man tried to pull her free, but it was too late.

As he ran for help, he could hear the sounds of digging and laughter coming from the grave. When he returned with a group of friends and a priest, they found nothing but an empty grave.

Years passed, and the man never forgot that fateful night. Every St. Patrick's Day, he would return to the graveyard to pay his respects and offer prayers for his lost love. But every year, he would hear whispers in Gaelic, reminding him of the horror that lurked beneath the ground.

A COIN IN THE HAND AND A BEAUTIFUL WORLD

On a normal day, I was walking along the street. This year my life had turned into chaos. My wife left me, took my money and I lost my job. At this moment I was homeless, with a stubbled face, and my last shower had been two weeks ago. The coin I held in my hand almost fell into the sewer when St. Patrick appeared in front of me.

“Hello! Your face shows me that you are not ok! What happened to you?” says St Patrick. “So many things, but why are you here!?” I replied. St Patrick explained that he rewarded good people.

He took me to a rainbow and showed me a hole. “What is it, St Patrick?”, “This is your passage for a beautiful world, jump!” He replied. I was very scared, but I jumped, and it was the best thing I ever did.

In this world everything is beautiful. My wife is returning to me, I have my old job back and I was very Beautiful.

I’m going to live in this world for the rest of my life and I feel happy because I am in an amazing world, where everything goes well.

Once upon a time a group of children was searching for a leprechaun. They tried using money, but it didn’t appear, they tried using rainbows, but it didn’t appear either, so then, they decided to take a break from their searching. They ate sandwiches and for dessert chocolate coins.

Suddenly a leprechaun appeared and maliciously stole their chocolate coins and left without saying a single word.

A year later, those children were again in that same forest, where their delicious chocolate coins had been stolen. They were playing around like normal kids, when unexpectedly that ugly leprechaun of a year ago reappeared, yelling and swearing about how rude those stupid children were back then, and the children, obviously without understanding a thing, asked the leprechaun what they had done to him.

He confessed that those demon kids gave him chocolate coins instead of the shiny gold ones, he was really mad with that. The kids answered back saying that the leprechaun was the one who did a wrong thing. The leprechaun understood and then they became besties.

THE FORGOTTEN LEPRECHAUN

My name is Pedro. On 16th March, I found a mysterious gold pot, maybe left by a leprechaun. I don’t know why but I had an odd feeling when I saw that pot full of gold. I went searching for the leprechaun that had lost the gold pot.

At home I ask my father where I could find a leprechaun. He told me that the only way I could find a leprechaun was at the end of a rainbow, but not only that, I needed to go to the other side of the city!

Next day, I went to the forest, on the other side of the city, and there I saw a rainbow! I ran in its direction. When I reached it, I found a little creature, with a big shiny ginger beard. I quickly found out why it was so shiny, it was food glitter!

Afterwards I got near the creature, and I asked about the gold pot. The creature started yelling at me, saying I had stolen the pot. In the end, it turned me into a leprechaun and ran away.

IF YOU ARE ENOUGH LUCKY TO BE IRISH… YOU ARE LUCKY ENOUGH!

Last year, in March I went on vacation to Cork, the second biggest city of Ireland. On the first day, I woke up, got ready and went out into the street, and after walking a little I realized that everybody was trying to pinch me.

I quickly realized it was the 17th, St. Patrick’s Day, and I wasn't dressed in green. One of those people was a red-haired girl with green eyes named Sarah with whom I became friends. I went back home to wear a matching outfit and we spent the rest of the day celebrating that day.

Sarah suggested that I wear a t-shirt identical to hers with the inscription "Kiss me, I’m Irish”... The result was to spend the day running away!!! At lunchtime we chose a typical restaurant where everything was green. Both the food and the drinks and even the dessert were green.

It was a very fun and green day, which allowed me to discover some interesting facts about St. Patrick’s Day. I didn't find the three-leaf clover, but I was lucky enough to have fun and gain a friend.

OPPOSITES ATTRACT

Two children were born in different places and times, Rafaela on 5th August 2006 in Brazil and Chloe on 10th January 2008 in Portugal. They didn’t know what awaited them. Rafaela is quiet, introvert, cold and sincere. Chloe is the complete opposite, intense, extrovert, and full of love to give.

Rafaela moved to Portugal in 2020 during the pandemic to attend school. On the first day she felt lost. While she was at break, she hurt a girl. They looked at each other – it was Chloe. Chloe apologized and asked if she was new at school. Rafaela didn’t like her very much so the only thing she did was walk away. Chloe was a little sad by her attitude but decided to ignore it.

Some months later, Chloe tried to become Rafaela’s friend but she refused, until one day she decided to give it a chance and they started talking. Chloe, such an intense girl, showed incredible things to Rafaela.

Two years have passed, and they are still together. They learned a lot from each other and today – St. Patrick’s Day - they are inseparable - an example of opposites’ attraction.

On March 17th, Lettuce was parading on St. Patrick's Day in her beautiful green clothes. Cucumber was drinking a good vegetable juice with his big green hat on his head.

After drinking his juice Cucumber paraded through the streets dancing and jumping. Near the ice cream parlour, Cucumber and Lettuce bumped into each other while jumping wildly. Cucumber apologized to her and told her that she was very pretty. Lettuce apologized too and said that he was also very handsome. Cucumber and Lettuce agreed to eat an ice cream and then continue to parade through the green streets.

After the parties, they went to the beach to watch the sunset and the incredible blue sea. They were sitting on the sand and to the sound of a beautiful wave when they had their first passionate kiss.

Pepino took Lettuce to a candlelit dinner later in the day. After dinner he called a band, and they sang a romantic song. Cucumber prosed to Lettuce and they lived happily ever after.

THE BEST SAINT PATRICK’S DAY

Mint ice cream and green apple in Paris on 17th March of 2005. Green apple was in Paris on a very beautiful spring day when she met his beloved mint ice cream at a St Patrick’s Day festival.

They saw each other and it was love at first sight. Green apple took the initiative and went to talk to him. Mint ice cream enjoyed talking to her and they went to see Neymar Jr at Parc de Princes.

The game was fine, it ended 5-0 for PSG. They liked it so much that they became best friends. Time went by and they became boyfriend and girlfriend. They had two sons Cleber and Tiago and their sons became the best players of PSG: Cleber with the number 9 and Tiago the “Ballon d’Or” with the number 8.

After all, they went home happily and will use their St. Patrick’s Day experience as a memory of a fantastic life, for the future. END.

A group of friends were at school in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. They were reading about St. Patrick’s Day, when they decided to go looking for the famous pot of gold.

They searched in books and on the Internet about it. They found out that it was in a cave near their town. Two days after the famous March 17, the group of friends arrived at the cave. When they entered, they felt a cold and strange sensation as if someone was watching them. At the entrance of the cave, they found a map which led them to the treasure. They went through several challenges like going through a hole full of snakes, goblins with small swords, and much more...

After going through all this, the friends found the pot full of gold. When their parents arrived home, they were very happy.

ST. PATRICK'S DAY IN STYLE

On a sunny day in March, my friends and I decided to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in style. We put on green t-shirts and shamrock hats and head to the local pub.

When we arrived, the green and gold decoration surprised us, as well as the lively music played by the DJ from the corner of the pub. We bought some cold beers and joined the party. While drinking and dancing, we met new people and even made friends with a group of Irish people who were on holiday in town. They told us fun stories about their St Patrick's celebrations in Dublin and taught us some typical Irish dances. The night passed quickly, and before we knew it, it was late. We left happy we had such a fun night, but tired enough to sleep soundly.

On St. Patrick's Day the following year, we repeated the same celebration and fondly remember the stories and experiences shared in the previous year. Since then, the tradition has continued and every year we find new ways to celebrate our friendship and Irish culture.

It was St. Patrick's Day. My friend and I were excited to celebrate it. We'd put on green sweatshirts and pixie hats and hit the streets in search of fun.

First, we went to an Irish pub, where the music was loud, and people were dancing and singing. We ordered a can of iced tea.

After a few hours at the pub, we decided to go to a party at a nearby house. There were more people in green clothes and cloverleaf hats, and the music was even louder.

We had a lot of fun dancing and singing together. At one point, someone started playing some traditional Irish music, and we started dancing in circles with other people around.

The night passed quickly, and we ended up going home together, tired but happy. It was such a memorable day for us that we promise to repeat the celebration the following year.

A WAR ON ST. PATRICK’S DAY

During the height of the American Civil War, a fierce battle took place on St. Patrick's Day in 1863. The Union Army advanced into Confederate territory and was met with stiff resistance.

When the sun rose on March 17, both armies prepared for battle. The Union troops wore green sashes and pinned shamrocks to their hats in honour of their Irish heritage. The Confederates, however, were not in a celebratory mood and saw this as an opportunity to strike a blow against the Union.

The fighting was intense, with both sides suffering heavy losses. Union soldiers fought valiantly, but the Confederate forces were too strong. The battle lasted for hours, with neither side gaining a clear advantage.

As the sun began to set, the Union troops found themselves surrounded on all sides. With no hope of escape, they prepared to make their last stand. But then, something miraculous happened. The sound of bagpipes filled the air and a group of Irish soldiers from the Confederate side appeared, playing "Danny Boy".

This was a revolution, and the story ends with a happy end.

SAINT PATRICK RETURNS

On 17 March in the Republic of Ireland, a dwarf smaller than a normal dwarf with an evil mind, left the forest and joined the town to spread chaos.

In the morning he invades Saint Patrick's cathedral and destroys the Saint’s Patrick mural, breaking it and leaving a lot of green pieces all over the floor, and abandons the place. At lunch time the dwarf cooks a GIANT Dublin coddle with poison to serve it in the street as an event and after some hours everyone will have a giant diarrhea and a big dehydration forcing everyone go to the hospital after the meal.

After lunch time everyone starts celebrating and the Leprechaun goes and hides inside the march while everyone is drinking beer. He destroys every car of the march from inside out. On the night the march was supposed to start, the dwarf leaves all cars destroyed and broken and then leaves the hangar. While everyone is upset, he blows himself up and the explosion has the same effect as a nuclear bomb, destroying the entirety of Ireland.

Jack invited Lucy to their favourite garden for a picnic lunch, both had plenty of fun together, everything was fine, but on their return they found a rainbow. Lucy then convinced Jack to go after the end of the rainbow, it took about an hour for them to find it, and when they did, they also found a pot full of shiny gold coins.

Lucy, blinded by curiosity took some of them and immediately after that a leprechaun wearing green clothes appeared out of nowhere and in an act of anger, transformed Lucy into a leprechaun.

The leprechaun said, if Jack finds a four-leaf clover, he will transform her back into a human, however, they were still in a garden so how could he find one in the middle of it?

He started to get desperate but then he saw a shiny golden coin on the grass, and it was right near a four-leaf clover, so he took it and gave it to the elf, then he fulfilled their deal and transformed Lucy back into a human. They immediately ran away from that garden and when they were safe, they shared a lovely kiss.

Saint Patrick is the patron saint of Ireland, he was born on about 385years ago, in Wales and died in 461.

He was kidnapped as a teenager and enslaved in Ireland before escaping. He risked his life to return to Ireland to spread Catholicism, became an Irish bishop, and later became a saint. Until the age of 16, he always thought of himself as a bad Christian, not to mention a saint. By this time, his village was robbed by a group of robbers, and he was sold as a slave. During the difficult times of imprisonment, his relationship with the God began to grow gradually.

After 6 years, he escaped and following a priest, studied with him for 12 years and he began to believe in God and know what he needed to do, to convert more people to Christianity. He went back to Ireland and begins to work as a missionary. He was successful.

In the end, he was a missionary all around his country and built many monasteries, schools and churches.

SAINT PATRICK'S DAY CELEBRATION

On March 17th, the death of Saint Patrick, patron saint of Ireland, is celebrated. Saint Patrick was a 5th-century Roman-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland.

This date is celebrated around the world, with greater visibility in Ireland.

On this day, people usually wear clothes, make-up and accessories such as shamrocks, top hats, canes and fake beards in the colors of the Irish flag. In addition, public parades, traditional Irish music festivals, banquets and dances are also usually organized, the latter being uncommon. These parades began in the United States of America, and only began to be held in Ireland a century later.

During the week of March 17th the country's representatives, in particular the Irish Prime Minister, travel to other countries on official visits in order to promote St Patrick's Day and also promote Ireland.

On this day, Lent restrictions are also suspended, that is, restrictions on meat and alcohol consumption, perhaps this suspension makes alcohol a fundamental part of this celebration. Several monuments are illuminated in green on this day. Currently, more than 300 monuments around the world participate in this initiative.

A few years ago, in a small town in Ireland lived a girl with a dark secret.

Her life was marginalized by all the townspeople. She was a witch but no one knew it, only her brother Patrick, but one day everyone found out about her secret. She was arrested because she couldn't have that power, and on March 17th she was released. From that day on they thought it was St. Patrick, because it was exactly on the day of his celebrations. She couldn't understand why everyone was looking at her in a different way, when it was these people who put her in prison.

She celebrated that St. Patrick's Day, and she really enjoyed it because it was the first time she celebrated that day with the people she loved most. From that day on it was never the same, she was thankful for her release from prison and also thanked Patrick.

She went every day to the church where St. Patrick preached and began to thank all the people, because despite everything in his head, he only thought about doing good and what was right.