Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Oct 20th, 2011
After Ian Paisley had delivered one of his fiery “hell and damnation” sermons warning sinners that there would be ‘gnashing of teeth,’ one elderly woman said, “But Reverend, I don’t have teeth.” To which the Reverend Paisley replied, “Teeth will be provided.”
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Oct 17th, 2011
“I can’t think of a case where a poem changed the world, but what they do is change people’s understanding of what’s going on in the world.” Seamus Heaney
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Oct 14th, 2011
A lock is better than suspicion.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Sep 29th, 2011
“Life does not cease to be funny when people die anymore than it ceases to be serious when people laugh.” G. B. Shaw
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Sep 12th, 2011
“Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising everytime we fall,” Oliver Goldsmith.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jul 29th, 2011
“Every short dog is bold in the doorway of his own home.” This proverb goes back to the time when country people had to travel a long way on foot and passed many bold dogs. They knew the houses to avoid as it was said that the dog on the doorstep was as friendly or [...]
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jun 22nd, 2011
“Nowadays most people die of a creeping common sense, and discover when it is too late that the only thing one ever regrets are one’s mistakes.” Oscar Wilde.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on May 24th, 2011
Nowhere is this proverb more apt than on the west coast of Ireland where the fishermen use the ‘currach’, a round-bottom craft with no keel. It was formerly covered with animal skins but now the boat is covered with tarred canvas over a frame of wooden laths. It is very sturdy but a sharp rock [...]
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on May 8th, 2011
“Because I feel in the heavens above The angels, whispering one to another, Can find among their burning terms of love, None so devotional as that of ‘Mother’.” By: Edgar Allen Poe “A mother’s love is a blessing No matter where you roam Keep her while she’s living For you’ll miss her when she’s gone [...]
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on May 7th, 2011
From a letter that Patrick Pearse wrote to his mother while in prison after the Easter Rising, “You must not grieve for all of this. We have preserved Ireland’s honour and our own. Our deeds of last week are the most splendid in Ireland’s history. People will say hard things of us now, but we [...]
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