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Happy St. Patrics Day !
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by Cro on March 17, 2008
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To everyone here:
“May the road rise up to meet you, may the wind be ever at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face and the rain fall softly on your fields. And until we meet again, May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.”
An old Irish Blessing
Best Regards JohnZ
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by yoyoing on March 17, 2008
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Isn't he the guy who drove the snakes out of Ireland?
LOL
Great holiday nonetheless.
Have a great one.
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by Cro on March 17, 2008
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Actually, St. Patric did not drive the "Snakes" out of Ireland.
Seems that folks translating texts from the 6'th Century took the meaning of Snakes a bit too Literally.
What he did was get together an army of missionaries, and drive a very wicked human cult out of Irland. The Cult referred to themselves as "Snakes" and did cool things like sacrifice their first born child to proove their worthyness.
There is a fasinating article about this that I will try to dig up and post.
Best Regards JohnZ
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by Cro on March 17, 2008
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This is not the article I was looking for, but it sums it up nicely:
http://www.slate.com/id/2186668/
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