Last Monday every cailín (=girl) and teacher left their uniforms home and wore green (green sweaters, green hats, green hair-bands, green faces, necklaces... you name it). We had a pre-St Patrick's day celebration. Every class gathered in the "halla" and, starting with the infants, did a song or poem in Irish. 
To end, some girls had prepared a few dances in their cute costumes.
It was great! (I've only learned the basic step, they make it look like it's as easy as walking. Not true, but it is addictive and really fun). Then, Mrs McCormark came out dancing (!) and the halla roared with cheers and clapping. This bit was really fun.
We also had a little school parade. The mini-band and the "cheerleaders" went in front and the rest of the school followed. We danced and played in the patio (irish music was in the background most of the day and during every break). The hard school day ended with a quiz time in the halla and the Spanish teachers leaving early to go to Dublin for the parade there.
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