15 St. Patrick's Day trivia questions to try while drinking a green beer

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Snakes

Irish lore states that St. Patrick gave such a powerful sermon that all the snakes in Ireland fled. However, most scientists believe that there simply never were snakes there to begin with. Instead, the story is probably an allegory for his removal of pagans.