Irish Blessings Toasts & Curses - Hardcover

O'Farrell, Padraic

 
9781781176962: Irish Blessings Toasts & Curses
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 1781176965 ISBN 13: 9781781176962
Publisher: The Mercier Press Ltd, 2019

Synopsis

The Irish have blessings, toasts and curses for every occasion: hearing the news of a death or marriage, consoling neighbours in sorrow or sharing their joy, looking for a husband or wife, going off to work, saving turf, or having a drink at the end of the day. Irish Blessings, Toasts and Curses collects the very best of all three to produce this charming, nostalgic volume.  <br /> Blessings: 'May you escape the gallows, avoid distress, and be as healthy as a trout.'  Toasts: 'May the roof above us never fall in, And may us good companions beneath it, Never fall out.' Curses: 'That you may roast in hell for that and have your gravy sucked by the devil.'

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About the Author

Padraic O'Farrell was a senior army officer who lived in Mullingar. He was born in County Kildare in 1932. He published 23 books, including Proverbs and Sayings: Gems of Irish Wisdom, Irish Rogues, Rascals and Scoundrels and How the Irish Speak English. He also scripted revues for professionals and amateurs and writes features and theatre reviews for various publications including The Irish Times, Theatre Ireland, Irish Stage and Screen and Etudes Irlandaises.

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Publisher
The Mercier Press Ltd
Publication date
2019
Language
English
ISBN 10 
1781176965
ISBN 13 
9781781176962
Binding
Hardcover
Number of pages
160

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