Saint Patrick was not really Irish. - Democratic Underground

UrbScotty

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Fri Mar-17-06 08:09 PM
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Saint Patrick was not really Irish.

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Random_Australian

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Fri Mar-17-06 08:10 PM
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1. And? I thought that was common knowledge..... n/t

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Random_Australian

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Fri Mar-17-06 08:10 PM
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2. Not trying to be a bastard btw

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Gormy Cuss

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Fri Mar-17-06 08:11 PM
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3. And there were never any snakes in Ireland n/t

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liberalpragmatist

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Fri Mar-17-06 08:14 PM
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4. Saint Nicholas was from Asia Minor

So "Santa Claus" probably looked more Turkish than anything else :)

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maveric

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Fri Mar-17-06 09:01 PM
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5. My Irish relatives told me that St. Patrick was from Spain.

Others told me that he was from the Middle East.
Where was he from?

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Redstone

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Fri Mar-17-06 09:04 PM
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7. All the Black Irish are from Spain. Galicia, to be specific.

Hence "Gaels."

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Aristus

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Fri Mar-17-06 09:03 PM
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6. He was born in Scotland.

And was raised as a slave to a family of Romanized Britons.

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