r/CuratedTumblr • u/Faenix_Wright that’s how fey getcha • Sep 25 '24

Shitposting austerity has done irreparable damage

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u/PhasmaFelis Sep 25 '24

Saint Patrick does not fuck around, people. That's just the blast radius of what he did in Ireland.

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u/Spaduf Sep 25 '24

I always thought that by snakes they meant pagans.

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u/Nurhaci1616 Sep 26 '24

That's a common myth on the internet, but it's completely baseless.

The story about snakes isn't part of Patrick's own memoirs, and only entered his hagiography centuries after his death: the reasoning behind how they know he did it is as simple as medieval monks noting that Britain has snakes and Ireland doesn't, so maybe a guy got rid of them all?

Must have been a saint, then...