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St Patrick drove all snakes out of Ireland.
Legend says that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. However, scientist say that their is no fossil evidence that snakes ever occurred in that country.
The myth is that St. Patrick drove away the snakes in Ireland.
St. Patrick did not drive the saints out of Ireland because snakes have never lived in that country. The 'snakes' are symbolic for the pagan Druid gods that Patrick 'drove' out of Ireland by converting the people to Christianity
According to the legends, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland.
There was a legend that St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland, and that's the reason there are no snakes there today. However, the truth is that there were never any snakes in Ireland.The "snakes" were a metaphor for the druids that St. Patrick converted.
Legend says that St. Patrick banished all the snakes from Ireland. However, scientist say that their is no fossil evidence that snakes ever occurred in that country.
He supposedly drove all the snakes out of Ireland
he got rid of all the snakes in Ireland
Snakes.
Fossil records show that snakes have never existed in Ireland. The "banishment" of snakes is symbolic of St. Patrick driving the pagan Druid gods out of Ireland by converting the residents of the island to Christianity.
Snakes are associated with St. Patrick. Legend says he drove all snakes from that country. However, there is no fossil evidence that snakes ever lived in Ireland.