March 15th, 2004, 02:41 AM
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Re: St Paddy\'s Day. Anyone doing anything?
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Originally posted by oleg:
Unfortunately, there were no snakes in Ireland in the first place. At least that is what I read. Ireland was cleansed from snakes by the Last Ice Age and snakes did't find a way back. Why it is attributed to St. Patrick - no idea.
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Some people think it's a metaphor of his evangelization of Ireland; some Irish tribes had tattoes of snakes on their arms, and as soon as they were brought into the fold, the tattoo-ing stopped; thus driving out the "snakes".
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