As I bent to the task, he threw in the odd compliment as to how well I was doing, the good shape I made of the work.
Harvesting: conclusion
John McCullagh
Deserted Village
My friend Matthew McGrath of Rostrevor has recorded a CD which includes a lovely song, his own composition, Spirit of the Village. This tells how he was personally affected on seeing the Deserted Village on the slopes of Slieve More in Achill Island.
Brigit’s cloak
The tradition of the St Brigit’s Cross also reaches back to Pre-Christian times (when it was made of straw). In Irish folklore rushes were associated with childbirth and were laid down when a woman was giving birth…
Bridgit: Bishop?
It is said that St Bridgit went to confession to St Mel, who pronounced the formula for the consecration of a bishop in place of absolution. From this derives the tradition that Bridgit was herself a bishop.
St Bridgit (1)
Wednesday of this week is St Bridgit’s day. In The Meadow we lived in St Bridgit’s ward and worshipped in St Bridgit’s Church.
Boyfriend Application
Dear Technical Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend to Husband and almost immediately noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the Flower and Jewellery applications which formerly operated flawlessly under Boyfriend.
Frank Hall’s mother etc
John Bowman (RTE Reporter for decades) has favourable mention of Newryman, the late great Frank Hall, an early stalwart of the emerging RTE TV channel, in his recent blockbuster history of that channel entitled ‘Mirrors and Windows’.