Everything you don't want foreigners to know about how we celebrate Christmas in Ireland. We can't be doing with Calling Birds, French Hens or Partridges in Pear Trees: but if it's Annuals, The Dinner, The Big Shop or The Wexford Carol you're looking for, you've come to the right book!
We’ve all seen them, those splendid individuals with various tufts and waves sprouting from their faces like coiffured poodles, proud celebrators of the most perfunctory of facial arrangements: the beard.However the celebration of the ‘lip sweater’ is by no means a new event and, over the years and centuries, many a famous, or infamous Irish man, has sported some sort of furry arrangement about the face, from the heavy ‘chin curtains’ of the Victorians to the ‘five o’clock shadows’ of many who aren’t really trying!This little book celebrates the hirsute amongst us, taking a look at these gentlemen and their bewhiskered arrangements. Legends such as Ned Kelly, George Bernard Shaw, The Dubliners, Colin Farrell and even Graham Norton put in an appearance. So sit back, relax and enjoy the celebration of the Irish Beard!
This handy A to Z is packed with insider knowledge and quirky Irishisms for locals and blow-ins alike. Read it or we'll tell your Mammy you left the immersion on!
What has Ireland really been talking about for the last forty years? Those iconic moments, controversies and unexpected fads that we just could not get enough of. From the team that brought you The A to Z of Being Irish and A-Z of an Irish Christmas, this is Irish culture with a light touch and lashings and lashings of rose-tinted nostalgia.
A step-by-step, visually engaging guide that draws on proven psychological science to give parents and other caregivers the means to make real, effective changes in the lives of young people who are experiencing long-term struggles with anxiety.
Ever wondered about the healing powers of dock leaves, flat 7UP and Sudocrem? Love the sound of Miggeldy Higens but not sure who he is? Confused about the difference between 'going out' and 'going out-out'? Well, wonder no more. This handy A-Z is packed with insider knowledge and quirky Irishisms for locals and blow-ins alike. Read it or we'll tell Mammy you left the immersion on!