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Tue, March 17, 2009 - 12:43 PM
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Tue, March 17, 2009 - 1:37 PM
well there goes a lil more of the Irish blarney..
though i did know this! but actually i do think there are some snakes in ireland..my friend Breda told me there were some.. you see they may not migrate on their own..but...there are plenty of two footed creatures that do and here are few more myth busters.. Myth vs. Fact. Myth: St. Patrick stood on a rock with a staff a là Moses and banished all the snakes from Ireland. Fact: There were no snakes in Ireland before Patrick’s declaration. The snakes most likely represent paganism, which was banished; all of Ireland was Christianized by two centuries after Patrick’s mission. Myth: Corned beef is part of a traditional Irish St. Paddy’s Day celebration. Fact: Poor Irish immigrants in New York’s Lower East Side couldn’t afford the traditional Irish bacon, so they substituted corned beef, a dish borrowed from their Jewish neighbors. Myth: Dublin pubs started serving green beer in the 19th century. Fact: Until 1970, Irish pubs were closed on St. Patrick’s Day because it was a religious holiday. Most Irish families went to Church in the morning and then had dinner later that afternoon – Irish bacon and cabbage. Myth: The Irish celebrated with parades. Fact: The first St. Patrick’s Day parade was in New York City in 1762; Irish soldiers in the English military marched through the city in celebration. Today, the annual St. Paddy’s Day parade includes more than 150,000 marching through the streets of New York. Myth: Patrick was the first Christian missionary in Ireland. Fact: He was the most successful missionary, but not the first. Pope Celestine sent another missionary, Palladius, to Ireland prior to Patrick’s mission. Myth: While on a pilgrimage, Patrick was tempted by the devil. Fact: That was Jesus, on a mountain, after the Sermon on the Mount. Myth: Because he refused the devil’s temptations, God rewarded him with one wish. Patrick asked that Ireland not go through the horrors of Judgment Day and that he be allowed to judge his people; rumor has it that Ireland will be swallowed up by the sea seven years before the final judgment. Fact: We’ll know come Judgment Day. Myth: When the missionary Patrick returned to Ireland, he knew he needed some sway with the people, so he went to Laoghaire, the high king of Tara, as spring was approaching. He started a huge fire to celebrate spring, even though tradition dictated that the king be the first to light his fire. Laoghaire confronted the missionary, who asked to be allowed to teach Christianity. He pulled a shamrock from the ground and used the stem and three leaves to explain the Godhead. Fact: While some preacher probably did use this method of illustration, St. Patrick did not. Myth: He was rumored to have shown up the Druid priests who were with the king at this time and did not want Patrick teaching in Ireland. They demanded that he cause snow to fall; he refused because he said that was God’s work. It then started to snow. Fact: Nothing historical corroborates the account. Believe it if you like. Read more: "Myths, Facts and Stories of St. Patrick: Patron Saint of Ireland, Snakes and the Devil Only Met in Stories" - medievalhistory.suite101.com/art...P1HG |
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Tue, March 17, 2009 - 3:43 PM
B'gosh and b'gorn....
I wears the mark of a snake on me ankle.....
And I'm not the only Scot to ever do so, so they say. Always after me lucky charms..... those dastardly saints. Amma |
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Tue, March 17, 2009 - 5:42 PM
Well, I think there are no *native* snakes in Ireland. It would stand to reason that some stowaways might arrive in bags of grain and stuff from time to time, though. Which just goes to show that old Patrick wasn't such a hot shot after all! Jeez, can't even keep out the damn snakes.
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Wed, March 18, 2009 - 1:17 PM
maybe they were trouser snakes. eeeeeeeeeeeheeheeheeheeheeeheeeeeeeeeee!!!
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