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Jan
24
2008

St Patrick’s Day

by: Mu

Patrick must be the best known of all Patron Saints with parades, parties and craic in his name being celebrated across the globe. Many of the stories traditionally associated with St. Patrick, including the famous account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are false, but who has the heart to let truth spoil …

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Jan
24
2008

Yule Boar

by: Mu

The wild boar, ferocious ancestor of the domesticated pig, is now only to be found in remote areas of Europe, but once he ruled the dark places in the great woodlands.