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St. Patrick myth-busting, from snakes to pagan nipples

Historians clarify myths about Saint Patrick’s origins, slavery, and missionary work as Ireland promotes heritage sites and an 82-mile pilgrimage trail, Saint Patrick's Way.

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By Maureen O’Hare, CNN (CNN) — For many around the world, St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of green beer, fiddle music, and the best holiday after Halloween for wearing a silly hat and throwing up in the street. For me, though, as a child growing up in the Northern Irish town of Downpatrick, the saint’s traditional burial place, it was a pious affair of Mass in the morning, wearing an Aran-knit jumper and a wilting badge of shamrock, then a da…

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Denying the Myths of St. Patrick, From Its Origin to the Case of Snakes

For many people around the world, St.Patrick's Day is a celebration of green beer, violin music and the best after Halloween party to put on a ridiculous hat and throw up on the street.

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St. Patrick myth-busting, from snakes to pagan nipples

For many around the world, St. Patrick’s Day is a celebration of green beer, fiddle music, and the best holiday after Halloween for wearing a silly hat and throwing up in the street.

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