"-- Before the devil knows you're dead"
Subtitle: Irish blessings, toasts, and curses
By: [compiled by] Padraic O'Farrell.
Contributors: O'Farrell, Padraic.
Publisher: Mercier Press
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Dublin
Language: eng
Number of pages: 120
Subjects: Folklore -- Ireland.; Blessing and cursing -- Ireland.; Toasts -- Ireland.
Other titles: Irish blessings, toasts, and curses.
Description: Hearing news of a death or marriage, consoling neighbours in sorrow or sharing their joy, looking for a husband or wife, saving turf or going fishing - Irish people have blessings and curses for every occasion, as highlighted in this book.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-119) and index.