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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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 ...

There are a number of legends (myths) associated with Saint Patrick, perhaps the most famous being that he drove the snakes from Ireland. One account says that he stood on a hill and drove them ...

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 ...

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.