Letters of a Love-hungry Farmer and Other Irish StoriesRoberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997 - 383 sider The stories in this hilarious collection of five short novels are told through a series of fictional letters between a wide range of colorful characters drawn from Irish life in the hill country that divides the counties of Cork and Kerry. Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer - an account of John Bosco McLane's search for a female companion; Letters of a Matchmaker - a small farmer involved in the delicate business of finding mates for the unattached; Letters of a Successful T.D. - the career and family life of a member of the Irish Parliament climbing the political ladder; Letters of a Parish Priest - Father Martin O'Mora's quest to root out sin among his parishioners; and Letters of a Country Postman - a gossipy postman tries to discover secrets hidden within the envelopes he delivers. |
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Side 32
... poor mother , God rest her , cut off in her prime . But to pass from poor oul ' Jeremy , the Lord grant him a bed in Heaven , I was with McFillen last night and he came up with a brilliant idea . When doesn't he ? It will be a poor look ...
... poor mother , God rest her , cut off in her prime . But to pass from poor oul ' Jeremy , the Lord grant him a bed in Heaven , I was with McFillen last night and he came up with a brilliant idea . When doesn't he ? It will be a poor look ...
Side 177
... poor unless they were made of steel and good Christ Jack no woman or no man is made of steel . A girl going in service to a farmer would want her legs fettered because in the dark of the night and she exhausted after her long day there ...
... poor unless they were made of steel and good Christ Jack no woman or no man is made of steel . A girl going in service to a farmer would want her legs fettered because in the dark of the night and she exhausted after her long day there ...
Side 218
... poor devils that's wanting or demented or some way worse entirely . ' Tis a shame the Church don't act against this monster and they content to give out wholesale agin ordinary poor sinners that knows no better . If there isn't ...
... poor devils that's wanting or demented or some way worse entirely . ' Tis a shame the Church don't act against this monster and they content to give out wholesale agin ordinary poor sinners that knows no better . If there isn't ...
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