One of the big myths about St.Patrick is that he banished all of the snakes from Ireland. You can travel to Ireland today,and you will not find any snakes. Apparently, however, St. Patrick could have done the same thing in the 4th century, because snakes never existed on that island.
The snake myth was spread by monks to represent the casting out of evil paganism, while shamrocks represented the Christian Trinity.
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