{"id":784,"date":"2011-03-17T02:04:47","date_gmt":"2011-03-17T02:04:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/wear-a-snake-on-st-paddys-day.html"},"modified":"2011-03-17T02:04:47","modified_gmt":"2011-03-17T02:04:47","slug":"wear-a-snake-on-st-paddys-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/apagansblog\/2011\/03\/wear-a-snake-on-st-paddys-day.html","title":{"rendered":"Wear a snake on St. Paddy’s Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

I got a suggestion on Facebook <\/a>to “Wear a snake for St. Patrick’s Day.”  It was put up by an Irish Pagan, to protest honoring the desecration of our sacred sites. <\/p>\n


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Why do We , as a Nation , celebrate the banishing and passing of our Ancient Ways and the arrival of Christianity to these shores? I propose the wearing of a snake ( badge,T-shirt, stuffed toy, preferably not a real one as it would probably freeze ) on St Patrick’s Day as a symbolic protest against the desecration of our Ancient Sacred Places and Practices.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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<\/span> It’s a wonderful idea!<\/p>\n
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Some folks on the site who love in warmer climes said they would wear a boa, which is about as strong a statement as one can make, but most of us do not have boas.  <\/p>\n
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Tomorrow I will wear a snake “faux tattoo” to honor our forgotten Celtic Pagan ancestors. I hope I see others.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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UPDATE<\/b><\/div>\n
I try not to fall for fictional history.  Alas, this time I did and Hathor caught me up on it. (Thanks, Hathor)<\/div>\n
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The snakes as Pagans story is apparently not close to true.  See The Wild Hunt<\/a> for the full skinny.<\/div>\n
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My snake has been removed.<\/div>\n
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(But snakes are very cool nonetheless.)<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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