Saint Patrick, Shamrocks & Serpents. Legends of Britain: St. Patrick and the Snakes

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St. Patrick is known as the patron saint of Ireland, but to many Pagans, he symbolizes religious conflict. Find out just why Pat drove all those snakes out

"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,

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

17 Mar 2010 In 2000, David Plotz explained why St. Patrick has become a kind of dress-up doll. Catholics, Protestants, and even Americans think the

12 May 2010 Can any Christian tell me the TRUE story of St Patrick chasing the This the truth: Here is a toast to the good Saint Patrick, who drove all

17 Mar 2010 Another legend has St. Patrick driving snakes, that archetype of evil, out of the Emerald Isle. The Irish enjoy a snake-free existence that

Saint Patrick is given credit for banishing the snakes from Ireland, sending the broods into the sea. To this day, there aren't any native snakes in Ireland

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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

Endowed with miraculous power, St. Patrick drove every snake from the land into that unfathomed pool, amid the Kerry Hills, from whence only the Last

St Patrick arrived at the hill of Slane, at the opposite extremity of the valley Pious legend credits Patrick with banishing snakes from the island

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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?

17 Mar 2010 “St. Patrick casting out the serpents”. “What St. Patrick did do was convert the druids and pagans who used the snake as a symbol in many of

17 Mar 2010 By bringing Christianity to so many of the Irish people, Patrick was a major instrument of Christianity supplanting the Druids.

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

17 Mar 2010 Myth: St. Patrick drove Ireland's snakes into the sea. Reality: Ireland has probably never had snakes. The reason has little to do with

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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