108,951 People Couldn't Ace This Quiz Think You Can? Take Our A-Z-Animals Snakes Quiz St. Patrick wrote two intellectual and spiritual works. One, which was called Confessio, told his testimony ...

No Snakes in Ireland Another St. Patrick myth is the claim that he banished snakes from Ireland. It's true no snakes exist on the island today, Freeman said. But they never did. Ireland ...

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Irish lore states that St. Patrick gave such a powerful sermon that all the snakes in Ireland fled. However, most scientists ...

But snakes were never there in the first place ... As Irish people travelled and settled around the world they brought the story of St Patrick with them to the many different countries.

Some other legends, such as the belief that St Patrick banished snakes from Ireland, have been proven false. St Patrick's Day was originally celebrated as a religious feast to mark his work ...

Some other legends, such as the belief that St Patrick banished snakes from Ireland, have been proven false. St Patrick's Day was originally celebrated as a religious feast to mark his work ...