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What did Saint Patrick do to snakes?

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Anonymous

15y ago
Updated: 8/18/2019

Saint Patrick is said to have driven the snakes from Ireland. Some think that the "snakes" were symbolic of the pagan Druid gods since snakes have never existed in Ireland.

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