{"product_id":"irish-blessings-toasts-curses-1","title":"Farrell Padraic O: Irish Blessings Toasts \u0026 Curses [2005] paperback","description":"The Irish had blessings, toasts and curses for every occasion: hearing the news of a death or marriage, consoling neighbours in sorrow or sharing their joy, looking for a husband or wife, going off to work, saving turf, or having a drink at the end of the day.Irish Blessings, Toasts and Curses collects the very best of all three to produce this charming, nostalgic volume.Blessings: 'May you escape the gallows, avoid distress, and be as healthy as a trout.'Toasts: 'May the roof above us never fall in, And may us good companions beneath it, Never fall out.'Curses: 'That you may roast in hell for that and have your gravy sucked by the devil.'Padraic O'Farrell [1932- 2003] was born in Kildare but lived with his family in Mullingar, Co. Westmeath. His published books include Proverbs and Sayings: Gems of Irish Wisdom and Superstitions of the Irish Country People.","brand":"O, Farrell Padraic","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49965596475731,"sku":"XV81856354639","price":4.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false},{"title":"New","offer_id":46525416571219,"sku":"9781856354639","price":7.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0616\/4001\/6057\/files\/o-farrell-padraic-farrell-padraic-o-irish-blessings-toasts-curses-2005-paperback-60463783805267.jpg?v=1734588851","url":"https:\/\/theirishbookshop.live\/products\/irish-blessings-toasts-curses-1","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}