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Brewer's dictionary of Irish phrase & fable

By O'Donoghue, Jo & Binchy, Maeve

Publishers Summary:
"Brewer's Dictionary of Irish Phrase and Fable is an entirely new 'Brewer's' dedicated to the history, culture and mythology of the 'Emerald Isle'. Its authors have sifted through a huge amount of folkloric, mythological, literary and historical material to compile a stunningly eclectic array of 6000 entries on a wide range of Irish-related topics, including words, phrases, names, titles, people, events and places - all of them intriguing and informative, some of them quirkily humorous. From Pearse to Paisle, from Beckett to the Bogside, from the 'Floozie in the Jacuzzi' to the 'Hags with the Bags', from Kerrygold to Kerry jokes, from MacGillicuddy Reeks to Mountjoy Jail, from Paddies, Priests and Pigs to Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha! and from Teflon taoiseach to Temple Bar, Sean McMahon and Jo O'Donoghue have created a cabinet stuffed with Irish curiosities of every conceivable variety - as well as a scholarly and reliable work of Irish reference."--BOOK JACKET.

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ISBN

978-0-30436-334-6

Publisher

London : Weidenfeld & Nicholson, 2004.