Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jul 3rd, 2013
Dr. Wm. Brennan is credited with being the first to refer to Ireland as The Emerald Isle: “When Erin first rose from the dark, swelling flood, God blessed the green island and saw that it was good; the Emerald of Europe, it sparkles, it shone. In the ring of the world, the most precious stone.”
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jun 19th, 2013
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jun 18th, 2013
Beer makes you feel like you should feel without the beer.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Jun 17th, 2013
Sing a song at a wake and shed a tear at a birth.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Apr 5th, 2013
I will spread green rushes under her feet that she may tread softly.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 25th, 2013
If you don’t want flour on your clothes, stay out of the kitchen.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 21st, 2013
The grace of God is found between the saddle and the ground.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Mar 19th, 2013
God’s help is nearer than the door.
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Feb 24th, 2013
Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet. But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet, Tread softly […]
Posted in Quotes, Poems, Proverbs and Sayings on Feb 23rd, 2013
A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures.
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