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Tiffi and Jenny discuss the holiday
“Hello,” says Tiffi. “Tiffi have you ever heard of St. Patrick’s
Day?” questions Jenny. “I was looking
for something on Google and kept clicking on different links and then the
history of this holiday showed up! I
started reading the history and it has some very interesting information.” Tiffi tells Jenny that she has…
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The girls make plans for the holiday
Before getting off the phone Tiffi asks Jenny if she
would like to get together for the holiday. “Kimmy and I are getting together for the holiday,” Tiffi
says. “There is an awesome parade that I
want to take Kimmy too. Do you want to
join us for the day?” Jenny says that she would love to join them, and they say
their…
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St. Patrick’s Day traditions
The more searching that Jenny does, the more information she
finds. Now she starts seeing articles on
traditions for St. Patrick’s Day. Why green? According to some
accounts, blue was the first color associated with St. Patrick’s Day, but that
started to change in the 17th century. Green is one of the colors in…
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Jenny reads more traditions
Shamrocks & the Four-Leaf Clover According to Irish legend, St. Patrick chose a three
leaved clover or shamrock as a symbol of the church’s Holy Trinity
because of its three leaflets bound by a common stalk. A shamrock is not
a four-leaf clover, contrary to popular belief. Although clovers are most often found in nature…
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The Chicago River turns green
In Chicago every year, the Plumbers Local 110 union dyes
the river "Kelly" green. The dye lasts for about five hours. The dying of the Chicago River is what has
made this city famous on St. Patrick’s Day. It is a crazy phenomenon to think
that a city’s main focal point is changed a completely different color just…
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Jenny and her uncle make plans
Jenny looks at the time and realizes that she
has been on Google for over 2 hours. Now
she has to take care of her tasks for the day. It’s almost time to get dinner ready for her Uncle Yeti who should be
home shortly. When her uncle arrives home, dinner is ready
so the two of them sit down to eat. “So how was your day…
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Tiffi makes some phone calls
St. Patrick’s Day is only 2 weeks away. Tiffi has not contacted any of her friends to
find out if they would like to join them to watch the parade. She calls King Chewy who said that he will be
there! Next she contacts Rachel. Rancid is at her house so she asks him if
he’d like to go and he shakes his head yes. “Yes,…
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The day before the holiday
The time is flying and now it’s the day before St
Patrick’s Day. Kimmy surprises her
sister and father by showing up a few days earlier in order to spend some
family time together. The doorbell rings. Kimmy and Tiffi look at each other sort of
like “are you getting it or am I?”. Tiffi volunteers to answer so she opens the…
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Today is St. Patrick’s Day
Mr. Toffee wakes up early and gets the coffee
ready for breakfast. Tiffi and Kimmy are
still fast asleep but Chewy wakes up to the smell of bacon cooking. Shortly afterwards Tiffi and Kimmy join
them. They are all very excited that
today is the day! Mr. Toffee gets to
spend time with his best friend Yeti. Tiffi and Kimmy…
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Time for the parade
Kimmy
points to an empty space where they can all go stand. It is right up front, so they won’t miss
anything. Suddenly
they hear the sound of the bagpipes. They
look to the left and they can see the procession of people beginning to walk
towards them. This is exciting and Jenny
is very excited since it is the first…
