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- The story of St. Patrick and the snakes is a pure legend. It never happened. There is no record, fossil or otherwise, that snakes ever occurred in Ireland since the last ice age ended over 10,000 years ago.
- I'm pretty sure it is a metaphor for the Druids being driven underground. Being that one of the symbols for the druids is the snake.
- According to scientist, snakes have never lived in Ireland. The snakes are symbolic of the pagan Druid gods he 'drove out' of the country by converting the country to Christianity.
There has never been any snakes in Ireland. According to tradition he 'charmed them into the sea'
He didn't. Ireland broke away from mainland Europe long before snakes evolved.
Ireland never had any snakes, however tradition has it that they were 'charmed into the sea with a rhyming verse'
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.
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∙ 12y agoThe 'legend' says he banished all the snakes from Ireland. The truth, however, is simply that Ireland never retained a native population of reptiles as it drifted from the UK mainland millions of years ago !
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∙ 9y agoLegend 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 snakes are symbolic of the pagan gods that Patrick banished when he converted the country to Christianity.
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∙ 9y agoAs far as we know, Patrick was not afraid of snakes. The story of Saint Patrick driving all the snakes from Ireland is pure myth. Science has proven that snakes never were found in that country.
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∙ 8y agoScientists have found no fossil evidence that snakes ever occurred in Ireland. The story is an allegory and the snakes represent the pagan gods that Patrick drove from the country by converting it to Christianity.
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∙ 14y agoHe banished the snakes from the island. (However they are believing that it's just a myth and they exaggerated during storytelling. But the truth is unknown.)
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∙ 9y agoLegend 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.
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∙ 14y agoSaint Patrick.
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What did St Pactrick do?
He chased the snakes out of Ireland.
What was the legend about Saint Patrick?
the legend was that he chased all the snakes out of Ireland single handedly.
What did Saint Patrick do to receive his spot?
Realistically, he help spread Christianity in Ireland. But, there is a story that he chased all the snakes from Ireland, (snakes represented the devil, as it did with Adam and Eve). So he has his day for this little miricle. Untrue, but a good yarn.
Who chased the rats out of the country?
snakes/misquitos
What is signifigant about 17 march?
March 17 is St. Patrick's Day. It is celebrated as the day Saint Patrick chased the snakes, or pagans, out of Ireland, though he is coincidentally not Irish.
What is scarier Being chased by 50 tarantulas or 50 snakes?
Snakes in my opinion bc venom
How did Stpatrick drive the snakes out of Ireland?
There never were snakes in Ireland. This is pure legend.
Is there a place that does not have snakes?
Ireland does not have any wild snakes but of course people do own them as pets and some may have escaped. In Irish Myth, St.Patrick had drivin all the snakes out of Ireland. <><><> There are also no snakes in Hawaii.
Is snakes found in Ireland?
Nope - there are no native snakes in Ireland. However - there are likely to be some in captivity.
What did Saint Pactrick do to the snakes in Ireland?
St. paddy did nothing. there were never snakes on the island. he drove out all the paegans - snakes- from ireland.
What do the snakes driven from Ireland represent?
The snakes represent the pagan gods that Patrick drove out of Ireland by converting much of the country to Christianity. There is no fossil evidence that snakes ever lived in Ireland.
How many cars did it take to drive the snakes out of Ireland?
None because there were never any snakes in Ireland.
