Saint Patrick's Day Legend
of the Snakes of Ireland

Saint Patrick is known world wide for having driven the snakes from Ireland.

One legend tells of Saint Patrick standing on top of a hill while holding his wooden staff, and banishing the snakes for from Ireland by driving them into the sea forever.

St. Patrick was abducted when he was 16 yrs. old, from his home in Kilpatrick and made into a slave. Six years later, he escaped to Gaul, where he was ordained as a deacon, then priest and then as a bishop. Saint Patrick was later sent back to Ireland to preach the gospel.

He told his followers that the three leaves of the shamrock, represented the Trinity, and that the stem was the symbol for the Godhead.

The way in which the snake came about, was that an old snake was told to leave Ireland and he refused. St. Patrick then made a small box and asked the snake to enter it. The snake said no, because it was too small. After much arguing between the two, the snake finally went in, just to show St. Patrick that it was too small and uncomfortable. St. Patrick immediately shut the box and threw it into the sea.

St. Patrick's Day is not only celebrated by the Irish, but by many different countries. As a child, I always wore something green so that I would not be pinched.

So, success attend St. Patrick's fist,
For he's a saint so clever;
Oh! he gave the snakes and toads a twist,
And bothered them forever!
- Henry Bennett

He was a terror to any snake that came in his path, whether it was the cold, slimy reptile sliding along the ground or the more dangerous snake that oppresses men through false teachings. And he drove the snakes out of the minds of men, snakes of superstition and brutality and cruelty.
- Arthur Brisbane

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