Proverbs & sayings of Ireland / edited by Séan Gaffney & Seamus Cashman.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Gaffney, Sean.

Cashman, Seamus.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Proverbs, Irish.

Physical Description:

110 pages : illustrations ; 20 cm

Edition:

1995 anniversary edition, twenty-first anniversary edition.

Other Title:

Proverbs and sayings of Ireland

Place of Publication:

Dublin : Wolfhound Press, 1995.

Summary:

Apart from their unceasing curiosity as words of wisdom, proverbs enable us to glimpse the attitudes, folk memories and philosophies of a people. In this collection, little escapes the barb: the priest, the drunk, the lover, society, ideas, virtue 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!"

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 9-10) and index.

ISBN:

0863274323

OCLC:

35100531