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DON'T FORGET YOUR SERPENTS
- Thread starter Ingledsva
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I'm probably one of the few people on here who has any idea what you're talking about. 
BSM1
What? Me worry?
I'm probably one of the few people on here who has any idea what you're talking about.
Would you educate us?
gsa
Well-Known Member
The myth of Saint Patrick driving snakes out of Ireland.
And by "snakes" they mean people like me who are apparently wicked, wicked evil polytheists who should burn.
gsa
Well-Known Member
Including polytheism,yes.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Ok, thanks. That's about what I figured. Being of Irish descent I think I can honestly say that polytheists would be one of the least of Ireland's trouble.
gsa
Well-Known Member
The real question is: Are you a Catholic polytheist or a Protestant polytheist?
You know, if memory serves, the "St. Patrick drove the snakes from Ireland" thing is bunk because there were never any snakes in Ireland to begin with.
I am just as deserving a Holiday in my honour, for I drove all the Jabberwockies from Florida. Why don't I get a day of binge-drinking!?
I am just as deserving a Holiday in my honour, for I drove all the Jabberwockies from Florida. Why don't I get a day of binge-drinking!?
Oh god ****ing damn it, I think I pulled something I laughed so hard there.
gsa
Well-Known Member
According to national geographic, too cold since the last ice age:St. Patrick's Day 2011: Facts, Myths, and Traditions
BSM1
What? Me worry?
Funny Story. I was asked that question (without the polytheist part) by an English gentleman in 1972 at a stopover at Heathrow airport. I was in the military but we were required to fly in civilian clothes. He must have thought I was definitely part of the IRA; it took me a minute to realize what he was asking me. "Neither!" I finally blurted out. "American!"
CATHOLIC NEITHER OR PROTESTANT NEITHER!
GoodbyeDave
Well-Known Member
I remember hearing that joke (or rather the original) in Belfast way back.
A waiter from an Indian restaurant is walking home down the Crumlin Road when he's stopped by two tough-looking men.
"Hey man! Are ye a Protestant or a Catholic?"
"Excuse me, I am a Hindu."
"I can see that, man — d'ye think I'm an eejit? But are ye a Protestant or a Catholic Hindu?"
Even in the troubles, we could still see the funny side of ourselves.
BSM1
What? Me worry?
That was you?
Was "snakes" really used as a symbolic driving of "wicked (pagan) people" out of Ireland? Where is the source? Somewhere I can better educate myself on this?
That's what some scholars think, yes. Whether or not it is actually true has been questioned. I am hardly well-appraised enough in this field of scholarship to make a good assessment. I don't care enough to take the effort required to sort it out. I have never liked St. Patrick's Day, and I don't acknowledge it in any way.
Ingledsva
HEATHEN ALASKAN
Correct. The serpents - are actually the Heathen/Pagan religions. They of course actually never went anywhere. They are in fact growing today.
So - I thought we Heathens/Pagans should counter the Bull, - with SERPENTS NEVER LEFT DAY.
When people ask why you are wearing serpents, it opens a chance for you to explain the facts, and of course to tell them about revival heathen/Paganism, not just in Ireland, but worldwide.
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