Letters of a Love-hungry Farmer and Other Irish StoriesRoberts Rinehart Publishers, 1997 - 383 strani 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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Zadetki 1–3 od 40
Stran 158
... brother Jack who is a saloon - keeper , sole owner of the Shamrock Inn , Shillelagh Ave , Philadelphia . Dicky Mick Dicky has other brothers and sisters scattered all over England and the United States of America but of all these only ...
... brother Jack who is a saloon - keeper , sole owner of the Shamrock Inn , Shillelagh Ave , Philadelphia . Dicky Mick Dicky has other brothers and sisters scattered all over England and the United States of America but of all these only ...
Stran 169
... brother what I'm up against . Still they're so anxious to get women that they'll hardly go making fool of me on account of ' tis themselves they'll be fooling in the finish . What I used to do up to this was to go to Ballybarra Bog ...
... brother what I'm up against . Still they're so anxious to get women that they'll hardly go making fool of me on account of ' tis themselves they'll be fooling in the finish . What I used to do up to this was to go to Ballybarra Bog ...
Stran 285
... brother who was planning to marry . This would necessitate her having to leave home and the finding of alternative accommodation . As soon as her brother's intended handed over her dowry to his parents they , in turn , would hand it ...
... brother who was planning to marry . This would necessitate her having to leave home and the finding of alternative accommodation . As soon as her brother's intended handed over her dowry to his parents they , in turn , would hand it ...
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asked Ballybarra Ballybunion Ballyfee Bannabeen Biddy bishop Brady brother Bugler Bundoran Catholic civility assured Coomasahara Cork Cork City Courtesy and civility curate daughter Dear Father O'Mora Dear Frank Dear Mocky Dicky Mick Dicky Dogmeat door Dring drink Dublin eyes fellow Fionnuala Flannery Fonsie girl give hand head hear hope husband Irish Jack John Bosco McLane Kate Katie Killarney Kilnavarna Kishock Kitty knew lady letter Limerick Lisdoonvarna Lisnacoo Lochnanane Lollery look marriage married Martin O'Mora matchmaker McFillen Mick Dicky O'Connor Mickeen Mocky Fondoo Moffy Monsey morning mother never nice night pair parish priest postman pounds Presbytery Razzy remember Robert Emmet Saint Patrick's Day Sincerely Spiders sure talk tell There's thing told Tubberganban House turn twas week whiskey wife woman women worry young