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Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols

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By Edna Barth; Ursula Arndt
Publisher Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Shamrocks, Harps, and Shillelaghs: The Story of the St. Patrick's Day Symbols
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The origins of St. Patricks Day and the folklore, fancy, and traditions that give the holiday its many diverse symbols.

13119 words13,119 words
96 pages96 pages
Lexile 920LLexile 920L
Published 1982Published 1982

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Hear it convert Hear it resist Hear it sole Hear it reel Hear it harp Hear it confession Hear it fiddle Hear it protestant Hear it recite Hear it turf Hear it banish Hear it sincere Hear it emerald Hear it oaten Hear it countryside Hear it brim Hear it furnish Hear it divine Hear it accompaniment Hear it jig Hear it dwarf Hear it gloom Hear it lame Hear it avail Hear it annual Hear it treaty Hear it linen Hear it descent Hear it serpent Hear it poetic Hear it allegiance Hear it bribe Hear it tribute Hear it banquet Hear it scholar Hear it bog Hear it cheery Hear it constant Hear it severe Hear it conception Hear it weep Hear it sorrow Hear it souvenir Hear it foe Hear it whiff Hear it mild Hear it nourishing Hear it humble Hear it chariot Hear it treeless Hear it timber Hear it myth Hear it fertile Hear it origin Hear it plunk Hear it harsh Hear it luxury Hear it looting Hear it burden Hear it fortress Hear it mountaintop Hear it hardship Hear it seventeenth Hear it vertical Hear it pasture Hear it assembly Hear it peak Hear it hardworking Hear it nineteenth Hear it unity Hear it ironic Hear it storytelling Hear it bold Hear it ale Hear it patriotic Hear it charitable Hear it forbidding Hear it eighteenth Hear it joyful Hear it brew Hear it heroic Hear it boyhood Hear it horde Hear it enslaved Hear it stony Hear it fearless Hear it inland Hear it tattered Hear it mending Hear it awe Hear it mourning Hear it outraged Hear it behold Hear it hopeful Hear it irregular Hear it faithful Hear it fourteenth Hear it dealt Hear it fifteenth Hear it scarce
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Hear it contingent Hear it mute Hear it shamrock Hear it informal Hear it bardic Hear it countryman Hear it stout Hear it shillelagh Hear it spiteful Hear it emblem Hear it ceili Hear it harp Hear it patron Hear it penance Hear it accordion Hear it tempo Hear it sentimental Hear it carnation Hear it chafe Hear it banish Hear it sincere Hear it flourish Hear it sprig Hear it tricolor Hear it sacred Hear it fife Hear it industrious Hear it famine Hear it bygone Hear it haunch Hear it mock Hear it ethnic Hear it accompaniment Hear it distrust Hear it bagpipe Hear it festive Hear it revival Hear it completeness Hear it lyre Hear it stanza Hear it avail Hear it descent Hear it serpent Hear it eavesdropper Hear it hymn Hear it poetic Hear it woe Hear it repose Hear it distasteful Hear it threshed Hear it solitary Hear it lapel Hear it envious Hear it rejoice Hear it tireless Hear it bribe Hear it clergy Hear it banquet Hear it wreath Hear it chieftain Hear it nasal Hear it thistle Hear it sod Hear it peat Hear it emphasis Hear it heed Hear it puny Hear it province Hear it pagan Hear it cutaway Hear it conception Hear it ample Hear it enslavement Hear it concertina Hear it rollicking Hear it unchanged Hear it decorative Hear it lawful Hear it cowhide Hear it vivid Hear it foe Hear it purgatory Hear it midstream Hear it washerwoman Hear it mild Hear it downtrodden Hear it fireside Hear it arid Hear it cathedral Hear it staunch Hear it parchment Hear it reign Hear it goatskin Hear it breastplate Hear it humble Hear it dwelt Hear it ransom Hear it charred Hear it lifelike Hear it jaunty
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Book ISBN:

9780899190389

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