The Star: March 14, 2019
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Star</strong> Thursday <strong>March</strong> <strong>14</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Sunday 17th <strong>March</strong><br />
3<br />
sleeps to<br />
Paddy’s Day<br />
IT’S A TRADITION<br />
GREAT IRISH GRUB AND TOP CRAIC ALL DAY<br />
AND NIGHT, SO COME DOWN AND JOIN THE<br />
CELEBRATIONS THIS ST PATRICK’S DAY<br />
GUINNESS PRIZES<br />
TRADITIONAL MUSIC<br />
ST PATRICK’S DAY MENU<br />
ALL MAINS $25<br />
SERVED WITH A 12OZ GUINNESS<br />
IRISH DANCERS & LIVE MUSIC<br />
THROUGHOUT THE DAY<br />
DOORS OPEN AT 10AM<br />
Sullivans Irish Pub. Ph 03 338 8300<br />
291 Lincoln Rd, Addington.<br />
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While many of us<br />
take part in celebrating<br />
St Patrick's Day, there<br />
are probably few<br />
New Zealand's who<br />
know much about the<br />
Patron Saint<br />
of Ireland<br />
ST PATRICK was born somewhere on the west<br />
coast of Britain and when he was 16 he was<br />
captured by raiding Irish ships and taken to Ireland<br />
to be sold as a slave. He was bought by a man<br />
called Milchu who put him to work shepherding his<br />
flock on a mountain side.<br />
One night Patrick had a dream in which he heard<br />
a voice telling him to leave the mountain side and<br />
go down to the coast where he would find a boat to<br />
take him back home. When he reached the coast he<br />
saw the boat, as the dream had promised, but<br />
unfortunately as he had no money the boat’s captain<br />
refused to take him. <strong>The</strong> boat sailed away, but wasn’t<br />
long at sea when a fierce storm blew up. <strong>The</strong> crew<br />
fearing death told the captain that it is vengeance for<br />
not letting the lad aboard. Out of fear they turned<br />
the boat around and went back for Patrick.<br />
Patrick went on to study to become a priest and<br />
eventually was made a bishop.<br />
In a recurring dream he heard the voices of the<br />
children of Ireland calling him back to teach them<br />
about God, so returned to Ireland and went straight<br />
to see his old captor Milchu. This is where Patrick<br />
began converting the Irish pagan people to<br />
Christianity. While trying to explain the Holy<br />
Trinity he is said to have used a shamrock leaf to<br />
demonstrate how there could be three separate parts<br />
to the shamrock but only one leaf - and so the<br />
shamrock symbol of Ireland was born.<br />
St Patrick’s Day is celebrated on <strong>March</strong> 17 as it is<br />
believed to be the date St Patrick died.<br />
<strong>The</strong> Little Fiddle’s<br />
inaugural St Paddy's Day<br />
BREAKFAST available from<br />
08:00 - 11:00 and a special<br />
SPD all-day menu has<br />
been created from our<br />
amazing chefs!<br />
LIVE MUSIC from 12 noon<br />
and will go all day and<br />
night in our huge outdoor<br />
marque which includes<br />
outdoor bar, staging<br />
and a dance oor to<br />
work on your Irish jig.<br />
Sunday <strong>March</strong> 17th<br />
SPOT PRIZES<br />
for best dressed<br />
and Jig,<br />
IRISH DANCERS<br />
to set the pace!<br />
IRISH PUB AND EATERY<br />
THE TERRACE, CHRISTCHURCH<br />
PH 03 365 1661 www.thelittleddle.co.nz
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