Irish Blessings Toasts & Curses - Couverture rigide

O'Farrell, Padraic

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1781176965 ISBN 13 : 9781781176962

Editeur : The Mercier Press, 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.'

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: The Mercier Press
• Date d'édition: 2019
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1781176965
• ISBN 13: 9781781176962
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 160
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible