{"product_id":"2940015498004","title":"A Miscellany of Irish Proverbs","description":"In the present book I have made an attempt, however modest, to approach the study of Irish proverbs from the historic and comparative points of view. Its principle contents are, first, the proverbs noted by Mícheál Og Ó Longain about the year 1800, and, secondly, a selection of proverbs and proverbial phrases drawn from the literature of the preceding thousand years. I have added an English translation in every case. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSometimes, as will be observed, the Irish proverbs correspond closely to English ones. When this is so, I have given (between quotation marks) the English version, either instead of or in addition to a translation. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile it is probable that most of the proverbs thus common to the two languages have been borrowed into Irish from English, still it should be borne in mind that many of them possess an international character, and are as well known in Continental languages as they are in English or Irish. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMost of the proverbs of the present collection are distinctively Irish in expression. It is mainly in connection with this \"native\" type of proverb that I have quoted, where possible, Scottish and Manx versions, and analogous proverbs in Welsh. When proverbs not derived from English are common to Ireland and Scotland, it is safe to credit them with an antiquity of three hundred years at least. So, too, the occurrence of proverbs of this class in widely-separated districts in Ireland bespeaks for such proverbs a respectable antiquity. But, even when evidence of this kind is wanting, it is probable that most of Irish \"native\" proverbs are very old, such is the vitality of tradition among Irish-speaking people. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePerhaps by no nation were proverbs held in higher estimation than by Irish ancestors. Even today every fluent native-speaker of Irish possesses a repertory of proverbs on which they delight to draw in order to clench an argument or drive home an opinion.","brand":"Balefire Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47084367118576,"sku":"2940015498004","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940015498004_p0.jpg?v=1763620975","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940015498004","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}