Padraic O'Farrell

Irish Proverbs and Sayings (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Padraic O'Farrell gathered a rich harvest of wise sayings from the Irish countryside, the lips of great men - such as Shaw, Wilde, Synge and Swift - and the unspoilt fount of Irish folklore and legend. Whenever Irish people congregate, however long removed from a rural environment, gems of wisdom are to be heard in their conversation.

This appealing new hardback edition will be popular with tourists and locals alike, who are looking for a pithy statement such as:

* The wrath of God has nothing on the wrath of an Irishman outbid for land, a horse or a woman.

* A hair on the head is worth two on the brush.

* The family that has no skeleton in the cupboard has buried it instead.

* Dead men tell no tales but there's many a thing learned in a wake-house.

* Put an Irishman on a spit and you'll soon have two Irish men turning him.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mercier Press
• Seitenzahl: 128
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. März 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781781175354
• Artikelnr.: 48366399

Autorenporträt

Born in County Kildare, Padraic O'Farrell wrote numerous books on Irish topics and was a well-known newspaper theatre critic.