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Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1988
ISBN 10: 0940279231ISBN 13: 9780940279230
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: New. Product Description Gathers more than a hundred Irish proverbs concerning death, work, types of people, drink, aging, travel, crafts, and rural life From Publishers Weekly For lovers of Ireland, folk traditions or fine photography, the publication of this splendid book will be a welcome event. The author, director of the Irish language laboratory at University College, Dublin, gathers more than 100 Irish proverbs in use today, accompanying each with one or more photographs and a short essay illuminating the proverb's hidden store of historical and cultural information. The literate prose is alive with engaging detail, telling anecdote and historical reference. For instance, "The mouth of the grave often allows something to go to the mouth of the poor" occasions a brief essay on Irish wakes and a striking photograph of Maoras Cemetery in the author's hometown of Connemara in County Galway. "The branch lives on the hedge but the hand that planted it is dead" moves the author to write evocatively of abandoned houses in rural Ireland, evidence of the unhappy circumstances leading to massive Irish emigration after the Great Famine of 1845-48. Some 100 black-and-white photographs, most by well-known Irish photographer Doyle, have the same timeless, archetypal quality as the proverbs, conveying in economical visual images the accumulated heft of Ireland's ancient culture. Copyright 1988 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1988
ISBN 10: 0821218603ISBN 13: 9780821218600
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1984
ISBN 10: 0821215744ISBN 13: 9780821215746
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1974
ISBN 10: 0821207288ISBN 13: 9780821207284
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Slightly Used Copy.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1992
ISBN 10: 082121523XISBN 13: 9780821215234
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1984
ISBN 10: 0821215744ISBN 13: 9780821215746
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1986
ISBN 10: 0821216260ISBN 13: 9780821216262
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Slightly Used Copy.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1980
ISBN 10: 0821207598ISBN 13: 9780821207598
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1980
ISBN 10: 0821207598ISBN 13: 9780821207598
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1986
ISBN 10: 0821216260ISBN 13: 9780821216262
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1992
ISBN 10: 082121523XISBN 13: 9780821215234
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1986
ISBN 10: 0821216260ISBN 13: 9780821216262
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good.
Published by Brand: Little Brown n Co (P), 1986
ISBN 10: 0821216260ISBN 13: 9780821216262
Seller: Hafa Adai Books, Moncks Corner, SC, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.