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Tuesday, March 17, 2009
News The real St. Patrick was pretty boring
Posted By Rhiannon Fionn-Bowman on Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 11:18 AM
What do you mean St. Patrick wasn't even Irish?
Today we raise a glass of warm green beer to a fine fellow, the Irishman who didn't rid the land of snakes, didn't compare the Trinity to the shamrock, and wasn't even Irish. St. Patrick, who died 1,507, 1,539, or 1,540 years ago today—depending on which unreliable source you want to believe—has been adorned with centuries of Irish blarney. Innumerable folk tales recount how he faced down kings, negotiated with God, tricked and slaughtered Ireland's reptiles.
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