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Story of St Patrick & the snakes ? - Yahoo! Answers
4 Mar 2010 St . Patrick was famous for banishing snakes from Ireland in the 4th century C.E. But how did he accomplish this and was this a literal or
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16 Mar 2009 Few celebrating St . Patrick's Day—Tuesday, March 17—know much about the man and the myth behind the holiday that turns rivers green and
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St . Patrick & Snakes - St . Patrick's Day - Saint Patrick Holiday
17 Mar 2010 By bringing Christianity to so many of the Irish people, Patrick was a major instrument of Christianity supplanting the Druids.
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9 Sep 2010 According to legend, St . Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. Or to put it more poetically, "charmed them into the sea.
Legends of Britain: St . Patrick and the Snakes
4 Jan 2005 Early Christian myth suggests that St . Patrick chased the snakes out of Ireland. This sounds like a load of rubbish to me but the fact
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"There ARE no snakes in Ireland. If Saint Patrick didn't remove them, where did they go?" It is only because I am a scientist that I am a skeptic,
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Saint Patrick is most known for driving the snakes from Ireland. It is true there are no snakes in Ireland, but there probably never have been - the island
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7 Mar 2010 Did Saint Patrick banish snakes from Ireland?: It's the season where folks celebrate St . Patrick , the man best known for banishing snakes
The Straight Dope: If St . Patrick didn't chase the snakes out of
Pious legend credits St . Patrick with banishing snakes from the island, however all evidence suggests that post-glacial Ireland never had snakes . Background - In his own words - Death - Seventh-century writingsen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Patrick - Cached - Similar About Saint Patrick The stories of Saint Patrick and the snakes are likely a metaphor for his bringing Christianity to Ireland and driving out the pagan religions (serpents
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15 Mar 2010 One of the most popular stories about Saint Patrick tells how he drove all the snakes out of Ireland. Could this be true?
Saint Patrick & Ireland's Snakes
Irish History question: How did St . Patrick drive the snakes out of Ireland? Answer He used his holy stick which was serpentine in shape - kind of like a
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St . Patrick is famous the world over for having driven the snakes from Finally the snake entered the box to prove he was right, whereupon St Patrick
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17 Mar 2010 According to folklore, Saint Patrick banished the snakes from Ireland. Sadly, according to scientists, there have been no snakes in Ireland