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A good friend is like a four-leaf clover. Hard to find and lucky to have. May the lilt of Irish laughter lighten every load. May the mist of Irish magic shorten every road. May your heart be light ...
Pádraig Ó Guithín. Máiréad "Peig" Sayers ( / ˌpɛɡ ˈseɪərz /; 29 March 1873 – 8 December 1958) was an Irish author and seanchaí ( pronounced [ˈʃan̪ˠəxiː] or [ʃan̪ˠəˈxiː]) born in Dún Chaoin, County Kerry, Ireland. [1] Seán Ó Súilleabháin, the former Chief archivist for the Irish Folklore Commission, described her ...
saltus in demonstrando. leap in explaining. a leap in logic, by which a necessary part of an equation is omitted. salus in arduis. a stronghold (or refuge) in difficulties. a Roman Silver Age maxim. Also the school motto of Wellingborough School . salus populi suprema lex esto. the welfare of the people is to be the highest law.
Saint Fiacre, 15th-century statue in the Church of Saint Taurin d'Évreux. "Though not mentioned in the earlier Irish calendars, Fiacre was born in Ireland at the end of the sixth century AD. He was raised in a monastery where he became a monk and imbibed knowledge of herbal medicine." [6] Fiacre was ordained a priest at some point, and ...
Read these traditional Irish blessings, prayers, and sayings to celebrate St. Patrick's Day. They're the perfect messages to send to loved ones. 50 Irish Blessings and Sayings to Share on St ...
May you live in interesting times. " May you live in interesting times " is an English expression that is claimed to be a translation of a traditional Chinese curse. The expression is ironic: "interesting" times are usually times of trouble. Despite being so common in English as to be known as the " Chinese curse ", the saying is apocryphal ...
The vision pulls you.”. — Steve Jobs. "Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star." — W. Clement Stone"If you cannot do great things, do small things in a great way." — Napoleon ...
Gaelic revival. The Gaelic revival ( Irish: Athbheochan na Gaeilge) was the late-nineteenth-century national revival of interest in the Irish language (also known as Gaelic) [1] and Irish Gaelic culture (including folklore, mythology, sports, music, arts, etc.). Irish had diminished as a spoken tongue, remaining the main daily language only in ...