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A Book of Irish Insults

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This is a greatlittle book.It would be easy to pass this book by as just another one of those little edited "gift books";but it isn't.It has something for everyone who has any intrest in Irish humor,history,poetry,culture,literature or whatever.Most of the book is more academic than I first expected while some is quite simple.It is very evident that a lot of effort went into researching and selecting the quotations chosen.I find that little books of this type gives one the impression that they were just thrown together in a couple of hours.This wasn't!
Here,s just a couple of examples:
May his pig never grunt,may his cat never hunt,
May a ghost even haunt him at the dead of the night;
May his hen never lay,may his ass never bray,
May his goat fly away like an old paper kite.
That the flies and the fleas may the wretch ever tease,
And the piercing north wind make him shiver and shake,
May a lump of a stick raise bumps fat and thick
On the monster that murdered Nell Flaherty's drake.
'Nell Flaherty's Drake'
More like a curse than an insult;but good nonetheless.

How about this one:

Here lies,praise God,a woman who
Scolded and stormed her whole life through;
Tread gently o'er her rotting form
Or else you'll raise another storm.
'Grave Humour'

Enjoy ! !