Instapundit » Blog Archive » BLASPHEMY: Why Doesn’t Ireland Have Snakes? It ain’t because of Saint Patrick. This piece of …: "Swen Swenson St. Patrick may not have rid Ireland of snakes, but he did get rid of the Norwegians. During the potato famine starving Norwegians moved into the sea caves along the coast of Ireland and raided the Irish gardens at night, nearly driving them to starvation. They pled with St. Patrick to do something so he called all the Norwegians together and told them to go to hell.
Which is why they all live in Minnesota today...."
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