St. Patrick's Day
There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.
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Being Irish, he had an abiding sense of tragedy, which sustained him through temporary periods of joy.
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Geographically, Ireland is a medium-sized rural island that is slowly but steadily being consumed by sheep.
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We have always found the Irish a bit odd. They refuse to be English.
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If it was raining soup, the Irish would go out with forks.
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Ireland sober is Ireland stiff.
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