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Proverbs and Sayings of Ireland (Paperback)

~ Sean Gaffney (Editor), Seamus Cashman (Editor), Robert Gibbings (Illustrator)
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"A proverbial bestseller."-Sunday Press -- Review --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.


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Arranged by subject, Proverbs and Sayings of Ireland, is an illustrated collection of more than 1,000 proverbs, sayings and triads (a three part piece of wisdom) from all of over Ireland.

Apart from their unceasing curiosity as "words of wisdom," proverbs enable us to peer through the half door, as it were, and glimpse the attitudes, folk memories and philosophies of a people. In this collection, little escapes the barb: priests, the demon drink, the lover, society, ideas, virtues and vices. But there is also humor and pride, faith and love...and the odd word of caution: "To praise God is proper, but a wise man won't blackguard the devil!"

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  • Paperback: 110 pages
  • Publisher: Irish American Book Company; 4th edition (January 1, 1995)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0863274323
  • ISBN-13: 978-0863274329
  • Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 0.3 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 4.3 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
  • Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #2,963,603 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars "He would go to mass every morning if holy water were whiskey.", April 27, 2006
By J. Guild (Toronto,Canada) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Proverbs & Sayings of Ireland (Paperback)
There will be quite a few Proverbs and Sayings in this book that you've heard before;and especially if 'your mother came from Ireland' or if any of your ancestors originated from the Emerald Isle.Despite that ,the overwhelming of them will probably be new to you. The Irish are so proficient with language,that they leave little doubt about the point they are making.There may be a few that might even baffle you;and then again it wouldn't be Irish,if you weren't left hanging sometime.
As a lover of sayings etc.,I was really taken by what they call Triads,as I've not come across these before.
Here's an example of a couple of the many in the book;
"The three most difficult things to teach:
a mule,a pig and a woman."
"Three things that leave the shortest traces:
a bird on a branch,a ship on the sea and a man on a woman."
" Three pair that never agree:
two married women in the same house,
two cats with one mouse
and two bachelors after the one young woman."
If you have read any Irish humor or words of wisdom you'll quickly see that nothing avoids their sharp tongue .It may well be that they invented the "Put-Down" in their early creative moments.

There are over 1100 Proverbs & Sayings in this little tome;and surely a most apt one for any occasion or comeback;and they are all organized by subject.
Here's a taste:

Evil....."The more you trample dung the more it spreads."
Fate....."He that is born to be hanged needn't fear water."
Futility."You won't make rope from the sand of the sea."
God......"The person not taught by God is not taught by man."
Laziness."You'd be a good messenger to send for death."
Health..."Beginning with a cough and ending with a coffin."
Leadership"After the chieftains fall,the fight seldom
continues."
Life....."Twenty years agrowing;twenty years at rest
twenty years declining;and twenty years when
it doesn't matter whether you're there or not."
Marriage.."Never make a toil of pleasure,as the man said
when he dug his wife's grave only three feet deep."
Men......."Some men are like bagpipes...
they can't speak till their bellies are filled."
Mother...."He is scant of news that speaks ill of his mother."

And finally one that shows Irish bluntness at its best;

Nature..."What can you expect from a pig but a grunt.

Not a large book;but still contains a wealth of Wit and Wisdom;and obviously very Irish.



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