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October 2017

To Carry a Hen When Walking

“Is trom Cearc i bhfad.” Translation: “A hen is heavy over a long distance.” Meaning: Something apparently easy may become difficult over …

When the Potatoes Did Not Grow

The dark tale of the Irish famine… republished on the site When the potatoes from the blight they did not grow And …

Good Food, Good Meat

My mother worked in the 1925 F Street Club in Washington, where she met Fidel Castro who left little positive impression on …

A Holy Book Proves No Shield

The death of Mahon, the King, who set a little too much faith in the Bible for protection! An old verse of …

Still Running the Still

Still in the shed, and a worm in the field The guards are out looking for the still But the word went …

Catalonia

Catalonia votes for independence. Spain will not allow it… why can Kosovo and Kuwait have freedom but not Catalonia and Kurdistan? Not …

Flickering Candles Foretell Death

A tradition of foretelling a death from North Longford… From the Irish Folklore Commission In days gone by a tradition old Of …

When Its Bad Manners to Say Thanks

The story of a ghost miller on Lough Gownas Inch Island From the Irish Folklore Collection On the waters of Gowna there …

Famine Food

What we dismiss as a weed Was once all there was to feed The hungry in a land of plenty Guarded by …