Irish Blessings Toasts & Curses
Submitted by Anonymous on Thu, 06/30/2022 - 01:21
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Books
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6.99
book_type:
Hardback
publisher:
The Mercier Press Ltd
published_date:
15/02/2019
isbn:
9781781176962
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Books > Politics, Society & Education > Society & culture > Popular beliefs & controversial knowledge > Folklore, myths & legends
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Padraic O'Farrell|Hardback|The Mercier Press Ltd|15/02/2019
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9781781176962
Book Description:
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. 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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