This Being St. Patrick's Day

From Yahoo Today.

This being St. Patrick's Day and all, here's some stuff about the dear old guy that you might not know.

1. WAS HE IRISH?-- No, he was born in Britain, captured by Irish raiders, taken to Ireland, escaped after six years and returned to Britain. He became a priest and returned to Ireland to minister to the Christians there.


2. DID HE RID IRELAND OF SNAKES?-- No. Even though there are no snakes there today, there most likely never were any snakes on the island. The snake thing was probably symbolic of the pagan ways he sought to drive out.


3. DID HE USE A CLOVER WHILE PREACHING?-- Some legends say he did. He used the 3-leaf shamrock to explain the Holy Trinity. Other sources claim he didn't.


4. WHAT ABOUT THE LUCKY FOUR-LEAF CLOVER?-- Actually, you can generally find one four-leaf clover in every 10,000 three-leaf ones.

So That's the Irish-Down. --Cooter