Snakes Alive!

Driving the snakes out of Ireland
By pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
Derry, Northern Ireland
March 17, 2018 5:15am CST
Ireland has no native snakes. Legend has it that Saint Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland. As today, March 17th, is the day that people around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day, I thought I'd share one of many clips that explain a bit about Ireland's National Saint. This day in 2018 is also the day that Ireland play rugby against England in Twickenham (just outside London, England), in the final of this year's Six Nations Cup - come on Ireland! Wherever you are, enjoy the celebrations today!
A short video on the Story of Saint Patrick by Gerry Healy, Wavy Hand Productions, Dublin, Ireland.
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9 responses
Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Mar 18
Are you still snakes free in Ireland? I could move there if it's the case. The cartoon is hilarious.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Mar 18
@xFiacre I cannot stand snakes, when I see one in the garden I do not go out for days.
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Fiacre Banks
@xFiacre (14782)
• Ireland
17 Mar 18
@ladyduck This is why I’m reluctant to move from my snake-free paradise - I can’t abide the vile creatures.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Mar 18
@LadyDuck I cannot abide a snake in the grass myself. Thankfully, none of the reptilian variety here
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Xavier Bage
@franxav (14588)
• India
17 Mar 18
He is one my dearest saints. The cartoon made me smile. I never thought of St. Patrick driving out the snakes this way.
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hereandthere
@hereandthere (45628)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
yes, that cartoon is hilarious!
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Mar 18
@hereandthere @franxav So simple a cartoon yet so humourous!
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vanny
@vandana7 (102698)
• India
17 Mar 18
Then you all must be having plenty of rats!!!
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
17 Mar 18
The Jack Russell Terrier is our able assistant there!
Top 10 Dog Breeds Ideal for Catching Rats
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These 10 breeds will prove to you that dogs are better than cats at catching rats and mice.
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Anna
@LadyDuck (502148)
• Italy
17 Mar 18
@pgntwo Those dogs are better than cats and better than snakes.
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Shadi
@Madshadi (8840)
• Brussels, Belgium
17 Mar 18
Luckily, no snakes here either.
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Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
18 Mar 18
Did you win? I don't follow rugby but have to listen to a couple of blokes at work have a natter about it.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
19 Mar 18
Yes, Ireland won, doing "the triple" in the process - they had already got enough points to win the cup from the previous game against Scotland in Dublin last week.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
19 Mar 18
@Poppylicious For sure, yes.
Elizabeth
@Poppylicious (11134)
• United Kingdom
19 Mar 18
@pgntwo So, if I say Isn't it brilliant that Ireland did the triple! I'll sound like I know what I'm talking about?
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Lynn Fowler
@lynnief (1203)
• Australia
18 Mar 18
Hehehe ... love the cartoon.
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
19 Mar 18
I'd never thought of it that way before, having spent many summer evenings in my teens driving a herd of dairy cattle from some far-flung field back to the byre to be milked... all on foot.
Toni
@toniganzon (77064)
• Philippines
17 Mar 18
Now I didn't know about snakes and saint Patrick.. We don't celebrate St. Patrick's day at all and I think we don't have Irish people here. But we have Irish potato fries!
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DE
@DaddyEvil (174208)
• United States
18 Mar 18
slow worm courtesy of The Journal
"Slow Worms" sure look like snakes to me! But let's call them "legless lizards" so nobody realizes we really have snakes, just like every other place in the world! Yes, yes, I know "somebody illegally released them" in Ireland in the 1970s!
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Ali Canary
@AliCanary (4387)
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24 Mar 18
I love the cartoon. "One more word out of any of you and I swear I'm going to pull this car over and you're going to have to slither!"
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pgn
@pgntwo (22405)
• Derry, Northern Ireland
24 Mar 18
Superb riposte!
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