Hard Sense In Soft Words
This is a book of some of the most heartwarming, ancient Irish wisdom, from the original Gaelic. Some tales may be familiar, while others are truly lost Gaelic treasures.
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This is a book of some of the most heartwarming, ancient Irish wisdom, from the original Gaelic. Some tales may be familiar, while others are truly lost Gaelic treasures.
Foreword7The monk and his pet cat15Finn's hounds17A horse called Papillon22Nancy, Lily, and Josephine25The children of Lir29Bend with the tree that bends with you43Every ocean has another tide46Are you a witch? Are you a fairy?48May I see you gray and combing your children's hair52There's no fireside like your own fireside55We will eat, so long as there is meat on the shin of a sparrow61I might as well whistle jigs to a milestone as tell my troubles to you67A closed hand is a shut fist70Blarney73A mouth of ivy and a heart of holly77The one who stays out of it sees the most of the fight80To every cow her calf, and to every book its copy84The shameless thrive where the shame-faced die87It doesn't take much wind to move giddy people89A gentleman is a man who owns bagpipes but never plays them92A witch to the senses...95The river is no wider from this side than the other100Lying in lavender like Paddy's pig103Misfortune107Falsehood goes further than truth110As old as Atty Hayes' goat114The herb that can't be got is the one that brings relief116The stars make no noise118Better to do a good deed and be boastful than do nothing and be quiet about it121If it hasn't been eaten and hasn't been stolen, it will be found124Background Reading129
