The Washington herald., 1909-03-14
HONORING ST. PATRICK
Irish Usually Find Day Raw and clustering His
tory of Ireland's Patron Saint

scotch, one Of the former stepped on a
/ thistle and cried out In pain. thus giving
/ the alarm TO the Scotch. who fell upon
I the enemy and completely routed him; OF
/ how the BritOns. under King CadwaI-
I lader. wore. az the instance OF St David.
( ieeks on their caps In order 70 distinguish
themselves from the enemy. and how the
Saxons were defeated. and how the leek
/ was used IN the anniversary Of the battle
T But none Of these Legends Is 80 beautiful
as that about how the shamrock became
Ireland's emblem II is said that this
7 beautiful trifOliate clover was used BY
1 St Patrick in explaining the Trinity 70
the people. See: are not these three
I leaves growing on one stem as remark
able as that there should be three Gods
I IN one?" So It is not the leaf itself which
/ holds significance for the Irish people.
but the form OF the trefou. Queens Col
/ lege, az Cork. was erected 10 commence
rate this memorable conference OF 81
Patrick with the Druids.
When his strong. eventful life was over
St. Patr C'-Or Bishop Patrick, as ne was
then called buried AT Dun Patrick.
Dun-da-lath-glas or the dun Of the
broken letters, and here. until the time Of
the Reformation. were preserved his rel
les. The place IS still held in veneration
~ MS AaAkt4AaA I0llUhEES
Material memorials OF St Patrick are
numerous IN the country which holds him
as its own. but the church bearing his
name IS the most interesting Of all Pass
ing down the qauint old Nicholas and
Patrick streets, Dun-Patrick. one comes
70 the Cathedral OF St. Patrick. so filed
with monuments and memorial tablets as
% be called the Westminster OF Ireland
The covered well az the base Of the first
pillar in the south transept is commonly
ascrioed 70 s. Patrick. and the baptismaI
font was used by the worthy bishop in
amounting Il OF his brethren The tomb
OF the holy man. near the cathedral "a
marked with a huge bowlder- upon which
l are carved a plain cross and one word
Patrick"
As a record Of one Of his greatest deeds
IN MS holy work is Slane Abbey or
rather the ruins OF f. standing On Ta-s
alli. where ST Patrick lighted his fre-
and here and there Throughout the conn
Try one may come upon an ancient
standing stone with the cross which
was engraved on II by order OF the saint.
mus .onsecrating Il 10 Christian faith
These standing stones. which were 70 rba
I
Alaskan OF to-day, were thrown down nv
St Patrick 10 emphasize the fact tbat
paganism was 70 be left entirely behind
some OF the stones were left however
Dut those we're marked with the cross
In the Dublin Museum are the Saints
ron bell and cover. the latter being Gov
cred with beautiful Celtic engrsvfnrs
me bel Is of a type OF those which were
Tung oy hand from the windows OF the
watch tower, and was probably used nv
81 Patrick 20 call the faithful together
In Cork the principal highway IS named
/ after the saint. and Il IS up and down
THIS street that the annual s.. Patrick >
I Day parade takes place
S. Patrick IS believed 10 have liver
about 81 A D.. yet the legend connect
/ ing his name with the national badge OF
I Ireland does not make its appearance IN
Z the literature OF the country until 1sS1
{ An English traveller. Thomas Dtnlev.
4 wrote during the reign OF Charles IT.
\ The nth day Of March yearly "a 8
I Parricks. an fmmova bic feast. when "a
? Irish OF AL stations and conditions wea-
I crosses in their hats. some OF ping soma
3 of green ribbons. and the vulgar srper-
+ stitiousiy wear shamroges. three-leavsi
grass. which they likewise eat. thev say.
Z &c cause sweet breath. The common
f people and the servants also demso5
their Patrick's groat Of their masters.
+ which they 90 expressly 20 town. though
half a dozen miles on. 20 spend. where
/ sometimes Il amounts 20 a piece OF e
i The Trinity legend OF the shamrock au-
, pears first IN literature IN ~ in Caleb
. Threkeld's Synopsis StiFpiun Hibernl-
f. csrUm-
/ Speaking or St Patrick himself. Prof.
T Maciean. in HIS Literature OF the Celts. "
4 SAYS 1T Is characteristic OF our aeA %
doubt. II not deny, The histo-ical reality
Of many OF the historic figures thar hover
in the background Of history And such
{ a doubt has even extended 20 St Patrick.
due largely 10 the fact that he Is not
/ mentioned by the early historians. Pros
/ per OF AQuitaine "a y. 41e-4s3) and Bsde
Z CA d. 673-75l. both OF whom attribute
/ the conversion OF Ireland 70 PalIadius -
/ This seeming omission however. has
been explained by the theory that St
I Patrick and Pallsdius are one and the
/ same person Cuccat. the saints hap
/ JiSmaI name. in the ancient British Ian
/ guage means God Of War" CmOderu
Z Welsh hyEad- wsrIikel and IS accurately
I translated by PalladiUs Cfrom PaIlas), a
I common Roman name al that period. As
! a Roman citizen. and. moreover. Of noble
birth the staint must have had more
| than one name and doubtless his prae-
/ nOmen was PstriCius- II would therefors
be appropriate 20 cali him St Patricius,
fcr. as Andrew Lang says. st. Patrick
( almost invariably suggests an Irishman.
{ and Patricius was none
I The authentic records Of s.. Patrick s
/ life are fairly numerous and OF great
l age. dating hack almost TO his own hand
/ writing The first Is the sutobiographical
/ confession. preserved IN an abridged
/ form in the Book Of Armagh. one Of the
( finest and oldest or the Irish manuscripts
/ written IN So by scribe. Ferdomnsch-
I That the scribe had before him the actual
/ autograph manuscript % the saint NAV
\ be inferred from his own words Thus
I far the volume which Patrick wrote with
his own hand. On the 18th day of March
was Patrick translated 10 the heavens
/ The document IS in Latin. rude and az
chaic IN its composition. answering 20 the
\ description St Patrick gives Of his own
4 writing. In addition TO the confession
/ there are the "Epistles 20 Coroticus. also
I IN Latin. and the hymn variously known
as the "Lorica. "Deer's Cry. Or
Guards Cry On Gaelic. assigned 70
81. Patrick