{"id":13588,"date":"2024-03-16T18:47:46","date_gmt":"2024-03-17T00:47:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13588"},"modified":"2024-03-16T18:47:46","modified_gmt":"2024-03-17T00:47:46","slug":"patrick-pagans-and-party-animals-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.chasclifton.com\/?p=13588","title":{"rendered":"“Patrick, Pagans and Party Animals”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A screenshot from Patrick, Pagans and Party Animals<\/em><\/a>, a video about the saint and the explosion of the secular holiday of St. Patrick’s Day.<\/p>\n

Jenny Butler, a Pagan-studies scholar from University College Cork<\/a>, appears at 3:00 and elsewhere to speak up for the “Pagan” dimension of the story.<\/p>\n

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A screenshot from Patrick, Pagans and Party Animals, a video about the saint and the explosion of the secular holiday of St. Patrick’s Day. Jenny Butler, a Pagan-studies scholar from University College Cork, appears at 3:00 and elsewhere to speak up for the “Pagan” dimension of the story. 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