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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.

LanguageEnglish
PublisherMercier Press
Release dateMar 31, 2010
ISBN9781781175354
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Padraic O'Farrell

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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