Today is St. Patrick’s Day. Most Americans are familiar with the myth of Ireland’s patron saint driving snakes out of Ireland. (The fact that the last ice age ridded Ireland of the reptiles is beside the point.) Irish Catholic Americans also know the story of St. Patrick using the three-leaf shamrock to explain the concept of the Trinity to Christian converts.
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