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1) St. Patrick's Day Vocabulary Puzzle #2 -- myvocabulary.com
Directions: To solve the St. Patrick's Day vocabulary puzzle or Irish vocabulary puzzle use the Latin/Greek root or word part, the vocabulary word definition, part of speech and the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank to help you determine each answer on the worksheet. Put your answers INSIDE the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank worksheet and move down to the next puzzle.

Then, when you hit "Submit", you will get back the correct answers, the use of the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank in a sentence and the percentage score for how many questions you answered correctly.
 
Clue: The Latin/Greek roots or word parts, the word definition, the part of speech and the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank will help you solve the answers on the puzzle worksheet. Use the pull down menu to try other St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle worksheets, fill-in-the blanks, word find, crossword puzzles, definition match and other activities.

Www.myvocabulary.com also offers a vocabulary word list of 234 Irish/St. Patrick-related words, helpful for writing assignments and additional vocabulary study. The vocabulary word list is available from the pull down menu called "Vocabulary Word List" in the header above. Please remember to click on the "380 Vocabulary Word Lists" also located in the top menu bar on the home page at www.myvocabulary.com

You have permission from www.myvocabulary.com to make a hard copy of St. Patrick's Day vocabulary puzzle or the Irish vocabulary puzzle for continued study at home or in the classroom.
 
WordBank: St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle vocabulary word bank:

15 "B" words: balbgiggan, balmy, banshee, battlements, blackthorn, blarney, bloke, bog, bonnyclabber, boondoggle, boycott, brambles, brawl, brogue, burr
16 "S" words: Saint Patrick, scones, seanachais, shamrock, shillelagh, shimmer, shrine, Sinn Fein, smithereens, sorrow, spell, stew, stout, stroll, sweaters, sweepstakes
Other St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary words include: donnybrook, leprechaun, limerick, tanistry
 
 
St. Patrick's Day Vocabulary Puzzle #2 -- myvocabulary.com
 
1)  A formidable stick used by Irishmen either as a club or a cane, circa 1670-1680 (noun)
Word derived from a town in county Wicklow
  
2)  A type of clover with three leaflets; the national emblem of Ireland (noun)
Word derived from the Irish word SEAMROG = clover
  
 
3)  A popular Irish beer; a dark, sweet ale (noun)
Word derived from the Irish word STOU = bold
  
4)  Small fragments or broken pieces; bits (noun)
Word derived from the Irish word SMIDIRIN = small fragments
  
 
5)  Name for a classic, knockdown, drag-out brawl that occurred at this county's annual fair for centuries (noun)
Word derived from a town near Dublin
 
6)  Traditional Irish law of royal succession where the elected heir has to be among the living king's male relatives (noun)
Word derived from the Irish word TANAISTE = second man
  

2) St. Patrick's Day/Irish vocabulary puzzle #1 -- myvocabulary.com
Directions: To solve the St. Patrick's Day vocabulary puzzle or Irish vocabulary puzzle use the Latin/Greek root or word part, the vocabulary word definition, part of speech and the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank to help you determine each answer on the worksheet. Put your answers INSIDE the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank worksheet and move down to the next puzzle.

Then, when you hit "Submit", you will get back the correct answers, the use of the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank in a sentence and the percentage score for how many questions you answered correctly.

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Clue: The Latin/Greek roots or word parts, the word definition, the part of speech and the St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle word bank will help you solve the answers on the vocabulary puzzle worksheet. Use the pull down menu to try other St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle worksheets, fill-in-the blanks, word find, crossword puzzles, definition match and other activities.

Www.myvocabulary.com also offers a vocabulary word list of 234 Irish/St. Patrick-related words, helpful for writing assignments and additional vocabulary study. The vocabulary word list is available from the pull down menu called "Vocabulary Word List" in the header above. Please remember to click on the "380 Vocabulary Word Lists" also located in the top menu bar on the home page at www.myvocabulary.com

You have permission from www.myvocabulary.com to make a hard copy of St. Patrick's Day vocabulary puzzle or the Irish vocabulary puzzle for continued study at home or in the classroom.
 
WordBank: St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary puzzle vocabulary word bank:
15 "B" words: balbgiggan, balmy, banshee, battlements, blackthorn, blarney, bloke, bog, bonnyclabber, boondoggle, boycott, brambles, brawl, brogue, burr
16 "S" words: Saint Patrick, scones, seanachais, shamrock, shillelagh, shimmer, shrine, Sinn Fein, smithereens, sorrow, spell, stew, stout, stroll, sweaters, sweepstakes
Other St. Patrick's Day or Irish vocabulary words include: donnybrook, leprechaun, limerick, tanistry
 
 
St. Patrick's Day/Irish vocabulary puzzle #1 -- myvocabulary.com
 
1)  Misleading nonsense; the great gift of persuasion, eloquence and charm (noun)
Word derived from a castle in county Cork, Ireland
  
2)  To join together in refusing to deal with, so as to punish, coerce, etc. (verb)
Word derived from an English land agent in county Mayo, Ireland who maintained high rents
  
 
3)  A strong dialectal accent, especially an Irish one (noun)
Word derived from the Irish word BROG = shoe
  
4)  A female spirit who wails near a house to warn of a coming death in the family (noun)
Word derived from Gaelic folklore and Irish words BEAN SIDHE = female spirit
  
 
5)  A kind of humorous poem in which lines 1, 2 and 5 rhyme, and lines 3 and 4 form a rhymed couplet (noun)
Word derived from a county name in Ireland
  
6)  A dwarf or small elf of Irish folklore who discloses a buried treasure location if you can catch him (noun)
Word derived from the Irish word LEIPRACAN = small body